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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

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It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts. Without insurance, patients can choose to be seen for whatever they want, and therapists don’t need to shoehorn them into a diagnostic category, which can be stigmatizing.

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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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He started working with me at the shop, and I tried to put him on my insurance. Thats when my agent told me,We cant write your insurance because your son is on Vyvanse. Parents can keep their children on their health insurance until theyre 26, but in life-or-death situations, we should be able to get critical information.

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

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However, rather than people becoming enraged and politically engaged to change carcinogenic environments, an extremely powerful medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex has controlled the societal narrative to focus—not on eliminating environmental-societal causes of cancer—but on expensive cancer treatments. between 1990 and 2019.”

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Two year later, Hobbs co-founded Hobbs/Herder Advertising, an industry interrupter and leader in real estate marketing. He also co-founded Hobbs/Herder Insurance Marketing Systems and Hobbs/Herder Training, among others. There he worked up through the ranks, becoming president of Jim Rohn Productions at the age of 25.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

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And this is complemented by well-funded public advertising and promotional campaignsoften with overt government support. Similar trends can be found in many western countries where similar political and business influences, including huge advertising and promotional budgets from pharmaceutical companies, are in place.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

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Thats not a leap people often makefrom philosophical psychology to critiques of the pharmaceutical industry and medicalization. She was deeply involved in critical psychiatry and critiques of the pharmaceutical industry. This ideal is embedded in media, advertising, fashion, and everyday social expectations.

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Here’s why Trump’s plan is unlikely to fix America’s dystopian prescription drug problem

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We set up an appointment with his pediatrician, which is when the Kafka-esque insurance wrangling began. The doctor prescribed a medication listed on our insurers published formulary (the list of prescription drugs, whether brand name or generic, covered by its policies). Several days later, this prior authorization was also denied.