The theropizing of schooling was possibly influenced by a bill passed after World War II, which reshaped mental health services to focus on preventive care for both the ill and the well. This approach aimed at treating the well along with the ill stood out as a significant shift post-war. However, preventive mental health care in schools, introduced in 2014, has not been efficacious or successful according to historical data.
Could it be possible that the boom in therapy for young people is harming, not helping, the next generation? UnHerd's Florence Read spoke to the author of a new book 'Bad Therapy', Abigail Shrier, about mental health myths, gentle parenting and the medicalisation of American kids.
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