The fate of mental health | Mark Salter | IAI
46Mark Salter discusses the mental health problems brought about by modern societies.
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00:00 Introduction
00:08 Psychiatric background
03:33 Failures to handle mental health
05:07 Threat of individualism
10:39 Social media addiction
12:02 Political indifference
14:23 Youth and empathy
We live in a world where mental health issues seem more prevalent than ever. Mark Salter examines the origins of this, and underscores the power of community in maintaining a healthy mental state.
Mark Salter is a consultant psychiatrist based in London’s East End, specialising in risk, untowardness and media portrayals of mental distress. He served as the media expert for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has worked as a broadcaster for the BBC and ITV.
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Mark Salter is a consultant psychiatrist based in London’s East End, specialising in risk, untowardness and media portrayals of mental distress.
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