Depression

Abstract

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Mental Health

“…Social scientists have pointed to the impact of neoliberal attitudes on social and economic stressors such as unemployment in relation to the rapid increase in 'mental health problems'. Neoliberalism especially shapes depression (Ecks and Kitanaka [2021] 2023) and the growing 'happiness' industry (W. Davies 2015). At the same time, even putatively 'neoliberal' mental health initiatives might be seen to move beyond political agendas and logics with unexpected consequences.…”