Dr James Davies (PhD) π
@JDaviesPhD
Father - Husband - Writer - Assoc Professor of Medical Anthropology & Psychology (Ph.D @UniofOxford). Practicing Psychotherapist (UKCP). Previous NHS. @appgpdd
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https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/james-davies 23-05-2019 19:52:12
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We will never solve human misery by medicalising it and treating it as a mental health problem. The younger generation is understandably confused and despondent about the social and personal future on offer. We need to tackle this problem at the root.
#existential
For me, relational deprivation and demoralisation are central drivers to rising youth distress - these are driven by wider structural factors that dismantle community, disrupt intimate connections and make embracing one's future a source of fear not hope.
politico.com/news/2024/04/1β¦
For Psychology Today (Psychology Today), I wrote about Frantz Fanon, the psychiatric clinic he ran in Algeria, and the excellent new biography by Adam Shatz
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-eβ¦
Dr James Davies (PhD) π book βSedatedβ is honestly blowing my mind right now. This should be required reading for everyone.