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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

Mad in America

One of these studies, sponsored of course by a pharmaceutical company, was conducted by the Kansas University Medical School, Wichita branch, and I attended, along with a group of local psychologists, a presentation of this study in progress by one of the staff psychologists who was one of the researchers and CBT therapists.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

Ads for the for-profit therapy company BetterHelp are everywhere: on television, public radio, podcasts, social media, and in magazines. Patients often find such a level of self-disclosure about the therapist’s problems burdensome and distracting, and I immediately felt less confidence in her ability to help.

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