been skimming thru some essays and whatnot by David Smail, who was a practising clinical psychologist in Britain - I really like his breakdowns of the suspect incentives and broken assumptions underlying a lot of the practices and his overall takes largely resonate with me, since he passed in the 90s, has there been anyone else of note working in this kind of direction?
I don't like when the word "materialist" is flung around willy-nilly to "make thing someone feels feel more factual" the way :expert-shapiro: types use words like "logic" and "reason," but that said, there really is a vast potential field of inquiry into the economic conditions and societal expectations, insecurity, and precarity contributing to unwellness in people living under capitalism. Capitalism, of course, offers pills, mostly SSRIs, so people can continue producing surplus labor value. Wellness is an afterthought, or even against the point, because anxious and unhappy people tend to buy more products, and their own psychologists on corporate salaries know it.
Foucault has some takes on how we treat modern mental illness/illness in general (people here don't like The School of Life youtube but its an okay summary imo) (approx 3:13-5:00)
You could also check out Giles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's book about schizophrenia and capitalism, but I haven't read it or know much about it. Short summary .
