What’s the relationship between capitalism and mental health? A review of Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide.
Anger and injustice need hearing, not treating. Unhappiness can be healthy.
There is more money in the world than at any other point in human history, so why doesn’t it reach the places that need it most?
There is no guide to how to discuss your most painful experiences with strangers. Group therapy becomes a microcosm of the world.
Tradition, corruption and political negligence continue to stigmatise mental illness, but the new generation is transforming old taboos.
We have to interchange ‘mental illness’ with words like ‘suffering’, and emphasise political action alongside psychological intervention.
Not only is psychological distress in the workplace seen as normal, it is valorised. As more stress equals more success, misery becomes desirable.
