Archived More fraudelence in mental health care field (mobile.nytimes.com)
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Archived More fraudelence in mental health care field (mobile.nytimes.com)
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[–] kurtznnj 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
This isn't surprising. There is really a bias toward over-diagnosis and getting patients on expensive medications. It's not a surprise that pdocs get samples of meds that cost retail $750/month.
These treatments should really be restricted to the truly mentally ill, not those with moderate depression. However, the drug companies make billions from convincing people that a pill is necessary to treat mild to moderate depression when in fact it doesn't do anything.
Then we have pdocs that don't take insurance and bill at $500/hour cash.
[–] BRITTEACH [S] ago
Talk therapy effectiveness is overstated by 25 percent.
Psychologists and psychiatrists are not major league con artists who are not held accountable.
Even candid practitioners admit they are grasping in the dark.