Social Medicine On Air Crossover Episode: "Mental Health, Individualism, and the Economy" - a podcast by Its Not Just In Your Head

Here is a crossover episode we did with the hosts of Social Medicine On Air, a podcast very similar to our own but run by two physicians. Listen to the original episode here and be sure to check out their other episodes, all of which are extremely important fascinating! https://anchor.fm/social-medicine-on-air/episodes/14--Mental-Health--Individualism--and-the-Economy--Its-Not-Just-In-Your-Head-eo8ieq

"Welcome  to Social Medicine On Air, a podcast where we explore the field of  social medicine with healthcare practitioners, activists, and  researchers. Social medicine hopes to work for a world of justice and  health - especially for the most marginalized - and connects clinical  care to the deeper causes of health and illness. Through our  conversational interviews, we hope to create a warm and welcoming space  to learn about social medicine and meet the amazing people you'll find  there.



Hosted by Brendan Johnson and Jonas Attilus, produced by Raghav Goyal, and with design by Clara Brand.



Harriet and Max, hosts of the "It's Not  Just In Your Head" podcast, join us today to discuss mental health, how  capitalism accelerates inequality and social breakdown, and how most  approaches to mental health care support neoliberal individualism. They  explain the connection between personal and social liberation, our need  for one another, the value and pitfalls of medication-based approaches,  the need for a strong labor movement and organizing, and how mental  health is inextricably bound to social conditions.

"It's Not Just In Your Head" is a podcast  with Harriet Fraad (@harrietfraad) and Max Golding, two mental health  professionals who explore how our capitalist economic system impacts our  emotional lives, from precarious housing and employment, to  unaffordable healthcare, to endless debt -- it's not just  in your head!  Dr. Harriet Fraad is a mental health counselor and activist in New York  City with over 45 years of experience, who writes and speaks on the  intersection of politics, economics, and personal life; her work can be  found at harrietfraad.com. Max Golding is a licenced marriage and family  therapist from California who is interested in tenant and labor  organizing, and connecting the struggle for mental health with other  struggles for justice and liberation.

Their recommended resources:

Mark Fisher. (2009). Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Winchester, UK: Zero Books.

Capitalism Hits Home (podcast) with Dr. Harriet Fraad & Julianna Forlano, link

Kate Pickett & Wilkinson, Richard. (2010). The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. London: Penguin Books."

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