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Are We Talking About Therapy Too Much?

2024/7/9
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Jerusalem Demsas：本期节目探讨了心理健康去污名化运动的潜在负面影响，特别是过度强调心理治疗的必要性，以及由此可能导致的资源错配和对轻微困扰的过度解读。节目中，主持人与 Lucy Foulkes 博士讨论了相关研究，并探讨了在学校和社会中如何更有效地应对心理健康问题。 Lucy Foulkes 博士：近年来，人们越来越关注心理健康，但这种关注可能带来一些意想不到的负面后果。一方面，它可能导致更多人报告心理健康问题，这其中既包括之前被忽视问题的显现，也包括对轻微困扰的误读。另一方面，普遍性的学校干预措施，例如在课堂上对所有学生进行的干预，效果可能不如一对一的治疗，甚至可能适得其反。一些基于证据的心理干预措施（如正念训练、认知行为疗法、辩证行为疗法）在学校环境中的普遍应用效果并不理想，甚至可能适得其反。此外，自我诊断和社交媒体的影响也可能导致对心理健康问题的过度解读和误解。 Lucy Foulkes 博士：在资源有限的情况下，是否应该减少对心理健康问题的关注，这是一个值得探讨的问题。目前，人们倾向于避免漏诊，但过度诊断也可能带来负面影响，例如资源错配和对个体自我认知的负面影响。在学校中，法律责任的担忧也促使人们对学生心理健康问题更加谨慎。我们需要找到一种平衡，既能帮助真正需要帮助的人，又能避免过度解读和资源浪费。我们需要更多地关注个体差异，并提供更有效的干预措施。

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The podcast begins by questioning the normalization of therapy, comparing it to exercise versus prescription medication, and introduces Dr. Lucy Foulkes' concerns about the unintended consequences of destigmatizing mental health.

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Does everyone really need therapy?

The destigmatization of mental health problems—and the normalization that many people do struggle with severe mental illnesses—has been one of the great cultural transformations of the 21st century. But has this shift carried unintended consequences?

After all, what if therapy is less like exercise—something everyone should do to be healthy—and more like prescription medication—something you should only really use if you need it? Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Dr. Lucy Foulkes), a researcher at the University of Oxford who has become increasingly concerned that raising awareness is not unambiguously good.

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