I spent three years of my life working at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the main thing I learned was that talking about "mental illness" was a great way of not talking about racism and poverty and gender violence. Thanks for this breakdown of brutal American history. When we talk about intergenerational trauma there's an individual component but this trauma is social and economic and political. Mad respect for your ability to articulate the horrors.
I’m so throughly impressed with this analysis. Thank you for writing this piece.
I spent three years of my life working at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the main thing I learned was that talking about "mental illness" was a great way of not talking about racism and poverty and gender violence. Thanks for this breakdown of brutal American history. When we talk about intergenerational trauma there's an individual component but this trauma is social and economic and political. Mad respect for your ability to articulate the horrors.