Serious Danger Bonus: Can we fix mental health without crushing capitalism? ft. Jocelyn Brewer
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald is joined by Jocelyn Brewer, psychologist and Greens candidate for the south Sydney seat of Watson in the 2025 federal election, for a discussion about the state of mental health treatment in Australia. Why don’t reviews work? What is the pathologisation of sadness? Is Headspace bad? Why are young people in such a bad spot? Can AI help? And how can we navigate our mental health while the capitalist corporate hellscape disintegrates?
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Links -
Jocelyn’s website -
‘Australia's mental health plan 'not fit for purpose' and must be re-designed, new report finds’ ABC - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-24/mental-health-and-suicide-agreement-flawed-productivity-report/105453974
‘Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis’ by James Davies - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57751566-sedated
‘Headspace and Orygen's ties to the zionist regime and the colonisation of Palestine’ Matt Chun - https://mattchun.substack.com/p/headspace-and-orygens-ties-to-the
‘A Users Guide to the Mind’ Ian Hickie, James O'Loghlin - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/a-users-guide-to-the-mind-9781761620225
‘Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions’ Johann Hari - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34921573-lost-connections
‘Talking Back to Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You about Today's Most Controversial Drug’ Peter R. Breggin, Ginger Ross Breggin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107210.Talking_Back_to_Prozac
‘Prozac Nation’ Elizabeth Wurtzel - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227603.Prozac_Nation
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