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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

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They represent catastrophic failures of governance. Almost every advance in technology makes corresponding demands on the human person. In the US, life expectancy is declining, and tens of millions of people, including children, are taking antidepressants and other psychiatric medications in an attempt to deal with ordinary life.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

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Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Once that happens, health insurance companies say okay, if it’s a disease in the brain, why should we pay for talk therapy? Has anyone investigated how alternative therapies were diminished and basically vanquished? Why should we pay for anything else?

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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As a strategic advisor, Egwuonwu consults on complex strategic problems and transformational initiatives for a diverse array of clients, including Fortune 50 companies, governments, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, small business owners, growth and early-stage startups and personal and leadership development clients.

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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. In Australia, the economic cost has been particularly damaging to the life insurance industry who often pick up the cost of income protection for workers who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder.

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From Public Service to Private Practice: The Collapse of the Social Work Profession

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The social services that remain government-funded are often outsourced to private entities. Even new psychotherapists (often Licensed Master Social Workers [LMSW], who cannot even practice as clinicians independently yet, as opposed to the Licensed Clinical Social Worker [LCSW]) often do not take insurance nor offer sliding scale fees.