“'The Myth of Normal' seemingly arrives at just the right moment. The Covid-19 pandemic, inequality, climate change, and political divisiveness have contributed to a creeping sense, for many people, that something is fundamentally awry. Mental health diagnoses are escalating across the developed world in all age categories, Maté points out, with 21 percent of U.S. adults — or nearly 53 million Americans — experiencing mental illness in 2020. And all of this is in spite of 'spectacular economic, technological, and medical resources,' he writes.

"Yet the reasons behind this suffering remain elusive, as do the solutions. For Maté, though, it’s not that we’re getting sicker, it’s that 'our social and economic culture generates chronic stressors that undermine well-being in the most serious of ways.'” -  Rachel Nuwer

Book Review: Exploring the Root of What Ails Us