02257cam a2200349 i 4500 1148730905 TxGeo 20240209120000.0 231030s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023046210 9780593542927 hbk. 0593542924 hbk. (OCoLC)1408382264 TxGeo rda Shrier, Abigail, author. Bad therapy : why the kids aren't growing up / Abigail Shrier. Bad therapy : why kids aren't growing up. [New York, NY] : Sentinel, [2024] 297 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. We just wanted happy kids -- Iatrogenesis -- A crisis in the era of therapy -- Bad therapy -- Social-emotional meddling -- The schools are filled with shadows -- Trauma kings -- Hunting, fishing, mining : mental health survey mischief -- Full of empathy and mean as Hell -- The road paved by gentle parents -- Spare the rod, drug the child -- This will be our final session -- Spoons out. "In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad, and fearful of growing up. What's gone wrong with America's youth? In Bad Therapy, ... Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids--it's the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids"-- Provided by publisher. 20240227. Generation Z Mental health. Child psychotherapy Social aspects United States. Child mental health United States. Child rearing United States. QS5