Legitimate Care or a Tax-Fed Racket? Mental Health Care for Adolescent Girls

Tags: Interventionism, Big Government, Corporate Welfare

10/29/2026 Jeffery L. Degner

The federal government has poured billions of dollars into the mental health industry, and the result seems to be even more diagnosed mental illnesses with no relief in sight.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/legitimate-care-or-tax-fed-racket-mental-health-care-adolescent-girls

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