IN 2021, NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER BENEDICT CAREY, AFTER COVERING PSYCHIATRY FOR TWENTY YEARS, CONCLUDED THAT PSYCHIATRY HAD DONE “LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH PERSISTENT MENTAL DISTRESS. ALMOST EVERY MEASURE OF OUR COLLECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH—RATES OF SUICIDE, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ADDICTION DEATHS, PSYCHIATRIC PRESCRIPTION USE—WENT THE WRONG DIRECTION, EVEN AS ACCESS TO SERVICES EXPANDED GREATLY."