The Mental Heath Crisis: why it is so severe and will it ever get better?

Saving Lives In Slow Motion

In this episode I look at why across much of the world mental health is in crisis. What are the reasons for this? What can we do about it?

TW: mentions suicide.

Systems biology in medicine: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/research/systems-medicine/

COVID and mental health: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8758130/#

Trauma and mental health: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/20/trauma-trust-and-triumph-psychiatrist-bessel-van-der-kolk-on-how-to-recover-from-our-deepest-pain

Antipsychotic medication: https://www.bap.org.uk/articles/chlorpromazine-the-first-antipsychotic/

The coal gas story, UK: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC478945/

Suicide and means restriction: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00157-9/fulltext

Golden Gate Bridge stories and learnings: https://ennyman.medium.com/a-lesson-from-29-golden-gate-suicide-attempts-a42f4ef3f970

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/19/us/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-safety-net/index.html

Jonny Benjamin: https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/

The Hoffman Process: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/about-the-process/

Early Years resources: https://www.annafreud.org/services/services-for-children-and-young-people/for-under-fives/early-years-in-mind/

Leafyard - one of many mental health AI apps: https://www.leafyard.com/healthfix

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