Beste Mental Health Crisis Podcasts (2024)

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World Gone Mad: The crisis of capitalism and mental health

Jessica Cassell

4+ y ago4+ y ago

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In World Gone Mad, activist, social worker and Marxist Jessica Cassell explores the many and complex ways that the conditions of life under capitalism influences and impedes our mental health. Ultimately, a sick and unjust society makes us unwell, pointing to the need for radical social change to address the mental health crisis we are facing globally. Cover artist: @Pixiewithpens

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Capitalism and the developing brain 35:39

4+ y ago35:39

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Our brains do not develop in a vacuum but are heavily shaped by early childhood experiences of chronic poverty, stress, abuse, and violence. These adverse childhood experiences which alter the brain's circuitry and our body's stress response systems, are all rooted in the capitalist system and the exploitation, oppression, and inter-generational tr…

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Work, alienation and mental health 42:33

4+ y ago42:33

42:33

In this episode I look at how capitalist alienation and the loss of autonomy, denial of self, and the estrangement from humanity and each other it entails, is detrimental to our mental health.

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It's Not You, It's Capitalism 46:55

4+ y ago46:55

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In the first episode of World Gone Mad I give a general introduction to how the conditions of life under the sick and unjust capitalist system erodes our collective mental health.