Thoughts on Mental Health

The author argues that mental health framing has become a status marker, a source of political divisions, and a regime that is not reducing distress, though the text's central claim is that destigmatizing mental illness has swung too far. The article cites a rise in high school students reporting persistent sadness or hopelessness, up 40% from 2009 to 2019, and a 51% rise in hospitalizations for suicide attempts by girls from 2019 to 2021. It quotes Freddie Deboer on "the gentrification of disability" and says Katherine Boyle's piece on suffering makes a related point about resilience.