562: The Mental Health Crisis Is Not What We Think It Is With Laura Delano

562: The Mental Health Crisis Is Not What We Think It Is With Laura Delano

Author: Weston A. Price Foundation January 19, 2026 Duration: 48:05

There is DEFINITELY a mental health crisis in the U.S. right now. But it's not about a lack of access to treatment or meds. Nearly one in four adults is on psychiatric meds, and nearly one in ten children is, as well. The crisis has to do with med-induced harm, according to Laura Delano, the author of "Unshrunk". And Laura speaks from her own first-hand experience with the American mental health industry. Since her early teen years, she has been on countless meds, including Seroquel, Prozac, Effexor, Provigil, Ambien, and Klonopin, all without any improvement in her worsening symptoms.

 

Today, she describes her own mental health journey, offers insights about what sparked her questioning of the system, and why she’s concluded that we would do well to question the nature of the crisis and to get curious about how to promote wellbeing with alternatives to psychiatric drugs.

 

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