Mental Health Awareness Is Backfiring: New Science Shows How ‘Helpful’ Campaigns Are Manufacturing Illness

The new data should be a wake-up call. - Monty Donohew

• For decades, the mental health industry and its allies in media, government, and education have operated on a simple assumption: the more mental health awareness we spread, through campaigns, school programs, social media, and public service announcements, the better. 
• Raise awareness, reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking, and mental health will surely improve.

New evidence shows the opposite is happening...