The Dangers of Fad Psychology with Jesse Singal
Minds and Mics
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Do You Think We Should Be Putting Resources Into Preventative Mental Health?
Do you think we ought to be putting resources into this idea of preventative mental health or would we be better off kind of diverting those resources to more and better treatments for mental illness? I realize it's a huge question. It depends a lot on the, A, the resources you're expending and B, the stakes are. The stakes there are much higher. You're talking about not that we don't want to prevent teenagers from getting anxiety and depression. That's important. This is a much more extreme situation. And in a situation like PTSD where we have some validated treatments that seem to work pretty well, I would argue there you want to put your focuses on the proven side
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