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Feb 2, 2020 · Perhaps one of the most obvious examples of this intimate connection between capitalism and mental distress is the prevalence of neurosis. As Joel Kovel, a former psychiatrist and professor of political science, notes: ‘A most striking feature of neurosis within capitalism is its ubiquity.’
Aug 9, 2017 · Capitalism is as much an inequality-generating system as it is a mental illness producing system. As a Royal College of Psychiatrists report noted: ‘Inequality is a major determinant of mental illness: the greater the level of inequality, the worse the health outcomes. Children from the poorest households have a three-fold greater risk of ...
Aug 1, 2022 · This chapter summarizes and critically assesses the relationship between capitalism and mental health. It begins by defining capitalism: broadly, a socio-economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production and the exploitation and domination of wage labour for profit.
Sep 14, 2023 · Capitalism in all its facets is the single biggest determinant of mental well-being. Mental illness arises from a dialectical process—it is a truly materialist phenomenon, evolving from the interaction between the materiality of the human body, its inherent needs and desires, and the materiality of capitalist society.
Feb 23, 2021 · I regularly reread his most famous work, Capitalist Realism, and have always admired his ability to not only write through depression and anxiety but to connect social conditions with our ever ...
Aug 14, 2017 · In cultural studies, neoliberal capitalism has been critically discussed in connection with a rise of mental illness. Within this discourse, psychology and psychoanalysis are being ambivalently debated as either complicit with the capitalist representational system or as potential tools to critically interrogate it. This paper traces these arguments in publications by writers such as Mark ...
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Jan 1, 2019 · Copy link Link copied. Read full-text. ... between 2010 and 2015, there was a 15 percent rise in the number of full- ... For those who suffer mental distress, life under capitalism .