The Medicalisation of Mental Health & our Children | Frank Furedi |

In this conversation, Frank Furedi talks to John about the paradoxical connection between the medicalisation of mental health and the subsequent greater need for it amongst our children. In turn, when mental health becomes more medical, agency is diminished and the role of the doctor becomes a moral arbiter.

View the full episode here:    • Frank Furedi | 'The Kids Aren't Alright'  

Frank Furedi is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent. He is the author of 25 books, including most recently '100 Years of Identity Crisis: Culture War Over Socialisation'. He regularly comments on radio and TV in the UK, and has been interviewed by the media in Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Holland, Belgium and Germany.

A long-time friend of the program, Frank was one of John's earliest
Conversations guests, first appearing on the show in April 2018.
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