Lucy Foulkes
British academic psychologist at the University of Oxford researching adolescence and mental health; author of Losing Our Minds (2021) and Coming of Age (2024).
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Their wordsI argue we need to stop seeing this as a binary yes/no question - is overdiagnosis happening or is the increase real? - and acknowledge that multiple things can be happening at once
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Their wordsthey work v hard but luck is always involved
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Their wordsthe evidence base about phones goes against what intuitively feels true (that phones=bad). Which is why Haidt's book has been so popular - because it aligns with what people feel is right anyway
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Their wordsI think there is a strong sense from a lot of people that they so *want* universal interventions to work, understandably, that they suggest all kinds of workarounds and justifications to keep them alive
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Their wordsUniversal school interventions were a reasonable idea
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Their wordspart of the issue with it is that it implies the responsibility for the person's mental health lies within them. That's a problematic message to send young people who are struggling because they're in crappy situations
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Academics in positions of authority have the power to change the ‘more = better’ narrative.
Their wordsIf you are an academic in any position of authority, then you have power to help change the 'more = better' narrative.
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Using psychiatric terms in a flippant, jokey way is hurtful to people who actually have depression.
Their wordseven the New York Times is now using psychiatric terms in a flippant, jokey way. I understand the counterargument here (it's just a bit of fun, it's fine for language to change) - but if I had depression right now, I'd hate to see stuff like this