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Are We Medicalising Our Lives?

Not all suffering is mental illness. Pretending it is raises false hopes and puts pressure on an...

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13.45 26 Jun 2019


Are We Medicalising Our Lives?


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13.45 26 Jun 2019


Not all suffering is mental illness. Pretending it is raises false hopes and puts pressure on an already strained NHS.

Adrian Massey, an occupational physician and the author of Sick Note Britain gives us his thoughts.


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