The Damage Caused by Professional Interventions

John McKnight explores the negative effects of professional interventions, drawing parallels to iatrogenesis in medicine. The chapter focuses on the detrimental impacts of interventions on individuals' self-concept, economic implications, shift of public investments, and reduction of community capabilities. Additionally, it addresses how the aggregation of multiple interventions can lead to overwhelming 'forest of services' that hinder positive outcomes and discusses the structural harms embedded in human service interventions.