The Mental Health System Isn’t Evolving — It’s Ending

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https://open.substack.com/pub/lucywishart/p/the-end-of-an-era-why-the-mental?r=71cs29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What we’re witnessing isn’t just burnout.

It’s a breakdown of a model that can no longer hold the truth.

The current mental health system isn’t evolving.

It’s dissolving — and something more alive is already rising underneath.

People aren’t resisting support.

They’re resisting frameworks that flatten them.

They’re not disengaged.

They’re disillusioned — and rightly so.

What comes next won’t be a rebrand.

It’ll be a return to presence, clarity, and care that’s actually real.