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  • Sedated

  • How Modern Capitalism Created Our Mental Health Crisis
  • By: James Davies
  • Narrated by: Mark Elstob
  • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Sedated

By: James Davies
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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Publisher's summary

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness.

In Britain alone, more than 20 per cent of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500 per cent since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this prescription epidemic, levels of mental illness of all types have actually increased in number and severity.

Using a wealth of studies, interviews with experts and detailed analysis, Dr James Davies argues that this is because we have fundamentally mischaracterised the problem. Rather than viewing most mental distress as an understandable reaction to wider societal problems, we have embraced a medical model which situates the problem solely within the sufferer and their brain.

Urgent and persuasive, Sedated systematically examines why this individualistic view of mental illness has been promoted by successive governments and big business - and why it is so misplaced and dangerous.

©2021 James Davies (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd
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"A wonderful, moving and truly life-changing book. Sedated is an urgent intervention for post-pandemic society, written with expertise and clarity. Warning: it will cause irritation to powerful interests who fear us all becoming better informed about the root causes of so much human suffering." (Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, former Director of Liberty)

"James Davies is one of the most important voices on mental health in the world. This is a beautiful and deeply sane book. Everyone who's suffering - and wants to know how to make it stop - should read it right away." (Johann Hari, author of Lost Connections)

"In this game-changing polemic, James Davies leaves us in no doubt: to tackle the mental health crisis we need major social and economic reform." (Nathan Filer, author of This Book will Change Your Mind about Mental Health)

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reformist but a good start

lot of great info here. would recommend those looking for more to look into psych abolition, psych survivors and Mad Movement

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Disappointing

While I agree about the premise of over medicalisation. The explanation was parochial and unconvincing. Eternal victimhood

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Not recommended

Mix scientific data with politics, stretch arguments to fit in certain conclusions. I was expecting more solid arguments.

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Mind opening

Nothing less than a change of heart. You can expect an awakening. Simply fantástico.

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