From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into how mental health overdiagnosis is harming, not helping, children
''A pacy, no-holds barred attack on mental health professionals and parenting experts ...thought-provoking'' Financial Times
''A message that parents, teachers, mental health professionals and policymakers need to hear'' New Statesman
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z-s mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What-s gone wrong?
In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the proble
