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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

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

Mad in America

People who are angered, sickened, and impaired by their industrial labor and leisure can escape only into a life under medical supervision and are thereby seduced or disqualified from political struggle for a healthier world.” It labels the handicapped as unfit and breeds ever new categories of patients.

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recruiter named a lower salary than the job ad, what do candidates want to know about company culture, and more

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This is significantly lower than what was advertised and painfully lower than what I was expecting. I help supervise a group of about 20 student workers at a college. Employer wants my identity documents and proof of car insurance. The car insurance is odder and it sounds overzealous. Can you explain why it’s needed?”

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asking a tech support person to write better emails, forced to promote my company on Facebook, and more

Ask a Manager

I’m finding that the most junior person I supervise, although he has a positive attitude, is picking up the job well, and communicates reasonably well in person, is not a great written communicator. The owner of the firm I work for, who is my immediate supervisor, believes paying for advertising is too expensive.