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The Mental Health Industrial Complex: Absorbing Distress in Decaying Capitalism

Evgeny Legedin 28/01/2026 No Comments

By Sami Timimi In this original essay, child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist Sami Timimi applies a Marxist lens to the escalating mental health crisis in the West. He argues

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CPN Symposium 2025: Recent trends in mental health and their clinical and political significance

Evgeny Legedin 25/03/2025 No Comments

UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium 2025 UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium Thursday 3rd April 2025 Venue: Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Programme 09:00 Tea/Coffee 09:25 –

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