Is Mental Illness a Made up Disorder?

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English - August 05, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 71.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 247 ratings
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In this episode, our hosts discuss whether or not mental illness is a real disorder or if it's just something that medical and pharmaceutical companies just made up to make a profit.

Highlights from ‘Mental Illness Made Up?’ Episode

[2:00] Is mental illness real?

[4:00] Yoga doesn’t cure all mental illnesses, just like it wouldn’t cure cancer.

[16:00] Dealing with people who think mental illness is not real.

[19:30] Eating disorders are such a stigmatized mental illness.

[20:00] Cigarettes used to be a health food (true story!).

[27:00] You can still live a great life with a mental illness.