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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

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Sugarman has spent decades critically interrogating the ways mainstream psychology reflects and reinforces the ideologies of neoliberalism , shaping how we understand identity, mental health, and human development. Take multiple personality disorder , for example. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Human

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They advised me that if I followed their recommended protocols of therapy and pharmacology, I would inevitably be led, like an obedient Kool-Aid sheep, to better emotional, psychological, and physical health. He said that I had to be taken to my local hospital immediately because I was a danger to myself and others.

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We Can’t Help People With Trauma If We Can’t Say Trauma

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He spent two days on life support, followed by a month-long hospital stay during which he underwent numerous surgeries and excruciating treatments. Common causes include poverty, racism, bullying, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, gun violence, natural disasters, and, like Cary, accidents and medical trauma.