Normal Sickness in our Psychiatric Present

Before the 1980s, meeting a psychiatric diagnosis was rare—and socially stigmatising. Today, it is estimated that over 80% of people meet the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis. Have we all gone mad? Or has the meaning of illness changed? Or is it society that is sick?

What is our psychiatric present, and why can we speak about "normal sickness"?

Find out in our new article just published in Les Temps Qui Restent ('The time that remains'; successor publication to Les Temps Modernes).