Mental health challenges need evidence, not ego

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Dr Jess Stubbing is a psychologist and research fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures.
She writes that recent comments on alcohol and mental health fly in the face of research and the perspectives of those with lived experience. However, they’re a red herring for a much broader problem: the de-prioritising of evidence and the centring of ego in our mental health sector.

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