First off, I wanted to thank you for standing up for psych patients, because not enough people will.
Are you familiar with the Troubled Teen Industry? It sounds really similar to what you've been looking into. Often, "consultants" for the clinics will give false or exaggerated diagnoses and refer kids to programs they receive a kickback from. The kids are bounced around different clinics until the parents run out of money, or catch onto the scam.
It's a HUGE industry in the US, and incredibly damaging to the patients.
I was stuck in the troubled teen industry as a patient for two years, and years later I still struggle with PTSD from being put in solitary, kicked, slapped, and forced to skip meals as punishment.
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Hey Neil,
First off, I wanted to thank you for standing up for psych patients, because not enough people will.
Are you familiar with the Troubled Teen Industry? It sounds really similar to what you've been looking into. Often, "consultants" for the clinics will give false or exaggerated diagnoses and refer kids to programs they receive a kickback from. The kids are bounced around different clinics until the parents run out of money, or catch onto the scam.
It's a HUGE industry in the US, and incredibly damaging to the patients.
I was stuck in the troubled teen industry as a patient for two years, and years later I still struggle with PTSD from being put in solitary, kicked, slapped, and forced to skip meals as punishment.
Thanks for your time and the work that you do.
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