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Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'
Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis by James Davies
7 reviews
chlsgnzlz's review
5.0
Minor: Mental illness, Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Grief
zombiezami's review
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Ableism
Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual assault, Stalking, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Adult/minor relationship
laraesthereliza's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness
keileymclachlan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma
froggybooks's review against another edition
Graphic: Self harm, Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Drug abuse
chardovski's review
4.0
Moderate: Medical content and Mental illness
Informative about current societal impacts, worth a read.bluejayreads's review
4.0
So many books in this vein shy away from saying capitalism is the problem here, so I’m so glad Sedated has the guts to go there. It doesn’t just say that and leave it be, though – it backs it up with sources and research and studies. I cannot express how validating this book was for me, who had this revelation from personal experience but still can’t get any of my doctors to take Borderline Personality Disorder off my record (despite not having any of the symptoms anymore) because the diagnostic manual says BPD is incurable.
I highly recommend this book. It isn’t perfect by any stretch, but it’s still full of fascinating studies and sources on mental health, psychiatry, and psychiatric drugs. I agree with the premise that capitalism is the real problem here, but if you don’t (and this book doesn’t convince you), you can also read it as a solid argument for environmental factors in mental health issues. This is a very needed book.
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Death, and Forced institutionalization