Article in The Wall Avenue Journal exposes how promoting and different methods to advertise growth of remedy by digital psychological well being corporations are motivated extra by revenue and not likely enhancing affected person care. For instance, heavy promoting of ADHD self-diagnosis on-line (see eg. MediaMatters article) has inspired individuals to hunt prescription for stimulant treatment. Exploitation of this case by Cerebral Inc. has been described in 4 podcasts: Uncontrolled Substances. It isn’t simply treatment but additionally different bodily remedies and psychological remedy which can be being oversold on the web (see eg. earlier publish).
Drugs has all the time exploited sufferers however the transfer to on-line remedy due to the pandemic could have made this case extra apparent. Ultimately, it’s additionally the docs and different well being professionals that must take duty beside corrupt enterprise practices (see eg. one other earlier publish).
