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It's in the headlines everywhere that the world is going through a mental health crisis. Though, when you take a closer look, most headlines are about the United States. Is there a global mental health crisis? Or is it an American problem? That's what we talk about today.
Correction to what I say at 09:40 -- This should have been 2020 and 2021 (as you see on the screen). Sorry for misreading this.
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02:11 Global Data
07:11 The Impact of Covid
08:38 Whatβs up in the USA?
11:19 Possible Reasons
15:10 Summary
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My friend ended his life. I saw firsthand how cruel and ineffectual the responses were when he admitted he was in crisis and needed help. In a blue state. We would laugh together over the grotesque and simplistic offers of assistance that were made. The next door neighbors brought him a New Testament and their dying Easter floral arrangement. A social worker said to me, "Surely his family will help." I didn't have the time or patience to explain his family was chiefly responsible for his poor mental health and had already denied him assistance.
Before he died he told me, "They don't care if I die, they just don't want me to die on their watch."
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When I was in the hospital for a non-mental health related problem it seemed that they were actively trying to get people to think they had a mental health problem. When I answered a question if I was feeling sad or depressed with a yes a psych showed up. When she asked why I thought I was depressed I told it was because I was in the hospital. There can be legitimate reasons not to be happy
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As a person who qualified in physics then studied medicine and became a psychiatrist, this is a good video but missing a few things because of society's 'mental culture' - not Sabine's fault, very few people know about the following. Here is what the situation really is: i) Its normal and not an illness to feel depressed and anxious if really bad things are happening to you (and it would be abnormal not to respond this way). The cure is uually fixing the social problem, not a pill or therapy which doesn't work very well (unsurprisingly), ii) severe psychiatric illness is very different and really does exist (unlike what Thomas Szasz said, who also graduated in physics before doing medicine, but was completely clueless about medicine including psychiatry), such as properly diagnosed (not 'spectrum') schizophrenia or bipolar illness, iii) even for people with these illnesses, who are at the highest risk of suicide, the lifetime suicide risk is only 5 to 10%, iii) however the 90 to 95% who do not die by suicide (only those with severe psychiatric illnesses) have a much reduced average life expectancy, iv) in the UK its an average reduction in life expectancy of 15 to 20 years and in the US for schizophrenia its an even more awful average reduction in life expectancy of 28.5 years - official government figures (links below). Society has been focusing more and more over the past 20 years on the mildest 'mental disorders' and including those which are not illnesses at all (such as a normal reactions to awful social problems), instead of focusing on the most severe psychiatric illnesses which have greatly increased 'all cause mortality'. We know what the end stage diseases are, but don't really understand why these diseases are so prevalent, and this is not a new thing - turns out its always been like this. To put these figures in context, the average loss of life expectancy from a range of common cancers is 10 years. This means severe psychiatric illnesses are a lot worse than cancer. Very few people know this and its not being discussed generally in society. In a 100 years time our current 'mental culture' (=ignore 'physical' and ignore the most severely ill people) will be recognised for how awful it is. Mild conditions are not unimportant but they are less important (and not associated with greatly increased all cause mortality) compared to severe illnesses. Even on the UK and US goverenent websites I referred to, these figures are not particlarly emphasised, but you can find the figures here (note '.gov'):
UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/severe-mental-illness-smi-physical-health-inequalities/severe-mental-illness-and-physical-health-inequalities-briefing
US: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/schizophrenia
UK: cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15655548/
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The correlation between high income level and low mental health is probably due to higher accessibility to mental health services for the more wealthy and greater willingness of people with higher incomes to access mental health support. I think these figures fail to reflect the prevalence of untreated mental health problems among poorer families and individuals.
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For me 25 years of being in corporate America where I had to keep customers happy, lacked rest, and lacked economic and employment security caused immense harm both physically and psychologically.
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Lovely presentation as usual! I work in mental health crisis/suicide prevention in the US, and I suggest reverse causation as a hypothesis: people who are already lonely/isolated/friendless are more likely invest more time and feelings of importance into social media. I talk to a disturbing number of people (not all of whom are young, but many are) who tell me they have no real friends they can turn to, no one they trust to listen to them. Or if they do trust someone, that person already has too much going on and they shouldn't burden then any more. I'm not in a position to know if it's a mostly a matter of distorted perception (and if so, why it's such a common perception) or not, but that's where I'd look for a general explanation first.
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As an almost 30 year old in the US, im gonna give my concise view of why mental health is deteriorating.
1. A lack of community, due to both social media and a general trend of social distancing (not just from covid, but from a reduction in social bonding through groups, organizations, community goals, etc.) in part due to the internet.
2. The rise of objective scientific thought and a reduction of religious beliefs among young people leading to a lack of purpose and feeling unique or special or like you have a place in the universe.
3. The lack of decent jobs and careers. The devaluation of currency and not being able to afford a decent place to live and no upward mobilty. I may never own a house the way things are going here. Everything is too expensive and almost no young person makes enough or will ever make enough. General economic and lifestyle stagnation.
4. Everything is too damn complicated. Whether its trying to figure out how to do taxes or learning about a new subject, the rise of technology and exponential growth of knowledge has made specializing in a career such an immense challenge. The education system in this country has failed the youth in preparing them for the future. Not every child by any means, but many many communties and families have been left in the dust to work menial jobs for menial pay with no chance of going anywhere with their lives. And they know it.
Anyways, im not an expert at all but these are a few thing I've noticed where I live. I didnt spend long on this so take it easy on me if I'm over generalizing.
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"local burden of disease, commonly known as kindergarten"
her sense of humor is unmatched.
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America is definitely going nuts
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"I've been struggling with the feeling that everything I create sucks" - Sabine Hossenfelder ππ
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My brother is over 30 and just now was diagnosted with ADHD after watching some YT videos of ADHD people sharing their life and was like "huh, that sounds really, really familiar".
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You zero'd the axis! Thank you! I keep seeing economics videos that misrepresent data based on a non-zero axis.
My anxiety disorder hit 6 months before covid. I woke up one morning more afraid of nothing in particular than I had ever been afraid of anything before. Social anxiety is one aspect of it. Lockdowns and social distancing were a blessing for me. I really needed the break while I got my shit together.
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my heart broke a little when you said you were feeling like everything you do sucks
maybe it was just a joke because you do a lot of dry humor and i vibe with that, but i want to remind you that your videos are very educational and helpful to a lot of us and we appreciate you
thank you for all you hard work and if you ever really do doubt yourself like that, come on here and take this reminder, ok? your mental health is important and the youtube life ain't easy
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OMG Sabine! Yes! Please do more about social media and mental health in young people! π
I work at a children's hospital ER, and I see a lot of kids in mental health crises. π’... It's heartbreaking to watch sometimes... BUT, being one who struggled with it in their youth, which has continued on, to varying degrees ever since, I have a passion to help those kids. I try and let them know every day that I am an ally to them, and I generally tend to do pretty well at keeping them from spiraling further while they stay in the Emergency Department. I know what it's like to struggle with social crap, family problems, mental health, bullying, etc... So those kids will always be on my extra tender care list... Anywho, I've babbled enough for one day... Have a good day, Sabine! And thanks for everything you do to raise awareness! π
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Sabine, I sincerely thank you for your work! It is very important to publicize such serious public problems and I am pleased to see progress.
Next will sound strange, but I am especially grateful for your wonderful diction! I'm from Ukraine, from the generation where English was already taught, but the program was VERY BAD. And therefore it is quite difficult to perceive English by ear, but not with you!
THANK YOU!β€
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I lived abroad and in many parts of the world mental illness is simply undiagnosed and unaddressed/stigmatized. I encountered very unstable people who had no chance of treatment. The same could be said in the United States due to cost/availability of care, but for example, in China, there are simply not psychologists/therapists available.
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A female relative was "Instagram Famous" in 7th grade, and her reward was terrible bullying by the girls in her school, leading to social isolation in the real world, depression, and anxiety. When i was a college professor I could see the depression and anxiety in many students. The American Dream is having problems these days.
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I do feel compassion for kids. I was one too. The body shaming T&A media onslaught before a kid has her first period is shameful and hurtful π’.
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SSRIs cause suicidal ideation. Iβm always fascinated when that fact is completely ignored in discussions about increasing suicide rates.
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@crawkn
9 months ago
Yes Sabine, of course we need a non-sensationalist, non-alarmist analysis of the effects of social media on mental health (and not only in young girls). Thanks!
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