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How the Troubled Teen Industry Turns Pain Into Profit

Mad in America

Insurance wouldnt cover the care I needed, leaving my parents scrambling for something within their budget. The TTI also creates a sense of urgency through manufactured scarcity, using phrases like Act now before its too late to scare parents into taking immediate action. I never had a single conversation with this man.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

Mad in America

at the time of the study, indicating affiliations with pharmaceutical companies that manufacture antidepressants, including those under investigation. To be included in the present research, service users had to be commercially insured, aged 18-64 years, and have a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. Additionally, Anita H.

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Spravato Dosing: How Often Is the Right Frequency for You?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

The treatment can be expensive, sometimes several thousand dollars per month without insurance. But theres some good news: many insurance plans now cover it, especially for people with documented treatment-resistant depression. Before starting, check with your provider and your insurance company. Can You Stop Spravato?

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

The DSM manufactures illness from normal human reactions by some individuals in response to some environments. While modern medicine has become increasingly impersonal, bureaucratized, and socially iatrogenic, the essence of psychiatry has long been one of social iatrogenesis.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

Mad in America

Electroconvulsive Therapy, Manufacturers Liability, and Learned Intermediaries. MECTA Electroshock Device Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy as its Shock Box Loses Liability Insurance. Sincerely, Christopher James Dubey Psychiatric survivor References Alibhai, Z. 2022, June 19). link] Appelbaum, P. Psychiatric Services , appi.ps.20240518.

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Social Media Discovers Managed Care and Rages - Or Not?

Real Psychiatry

Her rational is that if you see a loved one die because an insurance company denied care it is natural to want to see that person dead and this is not advocating homicide. Subsequent stories state that the insurance company planned to pay the time allotment indicated in the estimated relative value units (RVUs) for the surgery.