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Context and Care vs. Isolate and Control: An Interview on the Dilemmas of Global Mental Heath with Arthur Kleinman

Mad in America

In this interview, Kleinman explores critical issues facing modern healthcare. Listen to the audio of the interview here. Healthcare insurers would much rather pay social workers to do psychotherapy than they would a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist because social workers are a lot cheaper in providing care.

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Leaving Biological Psychiatry Behind: An Interview With Rodrigo Nardi

Mad in America

Listen to the audio of the interview here. Siem: You don’t serve the pharmaceutical company who might be paying you on the side. I still use the DSM because I need to pay my bills and I cannot send a diagnosis to an insurance company and say, “This patient is deprived of accomplishments, purpose, and social interactions.”

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

Mad in America

For Part 2, we will be covering reader questions on pharmaceutical marketing and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Listen to the audio of the interview here. Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Why should we pay for anything else?

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

published an article online with interviews of professionals about their experiences of working with the implementation of the Norwegian action plans and guidelines for suicide prevention. [9] 18] Goldney had received “gold” “from a number of pharmaceutical companies.” What saved her was that her private insurance ran out.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

I decided to turn my professional eye on BetterHelp, the largest and most prominent of these services, seeking my own psychotherapy with the company, applying and getting hired as a therapist, and interviewing BetterHelp clinicians. Once approved, I was invited to a 15-minute interview with a woman who did not work as a therapist.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Mad in America, the Biopsychosocial Model, and Psychiatric History

Mad in America

You sent some great questions and on this and our next podcast, we will be talking with Bob about Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model, the history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical marketing, and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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is it weird to stretch at work, is declining a reference call a red flag, and more

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I feel very disgruntled and disrespected and it’s hard to be the only one without insurance, salary, or benefits (besides the younger intern). Five years ago, I got to the third interview stage at a nonprofit. But if you do get an interview and it does come up, I’d just be honest.