We say we care about mental health in America

We say we care about mental health in America.
But the data—and my front-line experience—say otherwise.

We are overmedicating, underfunding, and pathologizing poverty, trauma, and stress.
Instead of addressing why people are sick, we throw pills at symptoms.

🧠 In my latest article for Psychiatric Times, I make the case that we’ve built a system that profits off disease—not health.
We’re not solving the problem. We’re institutionalizing it.

If we want to make America healthy again, we need to stop doing the wrong things.

👉 Read the full piece here: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/if-we-want-to-make-america-healthy-again-we-are-doing-the-wrong-thing

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