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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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Rethinking Mental Health Diagnoses in Children with Dr. Sami Timimi

Evgeny Legedin 15/11/2025 No Comments

In this interview with Lianne Castelino on the Where Parents Talk TV platform, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Sami Timimi critiques the rising tide of mental health diagnoses in

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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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