Comments on: The Business of Medication – Coalition Study Finds Corruption in Panel Members of the American Psychological Association http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessica http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-20845 Jessica Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:10:54 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-20845 I was just emailed a link to a new blogger's posts describing his/her horror's with the medical care provided today. I've had my share of bad experiences, but some people are really getting the worst of the worst. The site was: http://enoughdangit.blogspot.com/ . Though the blog has only so far touched on physical problems, apparently the same problem mentioned here exists if not to a greater extent in the realm of physical medicine. The email also suggests the author has had similar/worse experiences with attempts at therapy as well. Something should be done. I was just emailed a link to a new blogger’s posts describing his/her horror’s with the medical care provided today. I’ve had my share of bad experiences, but some people are really getting the worst of the worst. The site was: http://enoughdangit.blogspot.com/ .

Though the blog has only so far touched on physical problems, apparently the same problem mentioned here exists if not to a greater extent in the realm of physical medicine. The email also suggests the author has had similar/worse experiences with attempts at therapy as well.

Something should be done.

]]> By: Dina http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-19308 Dina Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:38:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-19308 I hate the fact you have to go through the paperwork, the questions, do you have insurance and someone can be standing there in front of them almost dying and all they care is; "getting info" can't this wait til after the patient has been taken care of. I hate the fact you have to go through the paperwork, the questions, do you have insurance and someone can be standing there in front of them almost dying and all they care is; “getting info” can’t this wait til after the patient has been taken care of.

]]> By: Renee http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18402 Renee Wed, 27 May 2009 11:02:04 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18402 I think too many doctors wants to provide tests, even if they know that its not needed, just to make that extra money. For once, why can't the doctors think about the patients, there well being and quit trying to make that extra buck. I think too many doctors wants to provide tests, even if they know that its not needed, just to make that extra money. For once, why can’t the doctors think about the patients, there well being and quit trying to make that extra buck.

]]> By: Tina http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18376 Tina Wed, 27 May 2009 04:08:15 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18376 I am a doctor and I found this very disturbing. Are these results published? If so where can we find them? I am a doctor and I found this very disturbing. Are these results published? If so where can we find them?

]]> By: kenneth http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18334 kenneth Tue, 26 May 2009 10:51:57 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18334 I think corruption in the medical fraternity is the last place one should find it. I hope the law has stringent rules regarding this. I think corruption in the medical fraternity is the last place one should find it. I hope the law has stringent rules regarding this.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18153 Jordan Fri, 22 May 2009 10:01:19 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18153 My cousin died while on a safari in Africa. We still recall the nightmare we all went through to get his body back home. Lots of paper work and greasing the palms. I definitely know for certain that the medical profession is possibly more corrupt than politics. My cousin died while on a safari in Africa. We still recall the nightmare we all went through to get his body back home. Lots of paper work and greasing the palms. I definitely know for certain that the medical profession is possibly more corrupt than politics.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18099 Barbara Thu, 21 May 2009 11:51:30 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18099 You would think that out of every group in the world this would be one that was devoted to avoiding this kind of corruption but evidently that is not the case. And are these really the people now that we want safeguarding our mental health? You would think that out of every group in the world this would be one that was devoted to avoiding this kind of corruption but evidently that is not the case. And are these really the people now that we want safeguarding our mental health?

]]> By: Ted http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18087 Ted Thu, 21 May 2009 10:30:55 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18087 I always wonder why physicians recommend tests just to rule out something. I recently discovered that the patient is bled dry for interpretation charges. A lot of corruption is actually allowed by the system. Nothing is transparent anyway and the patient always feels like he/she got a bad deal. I always wonder why physicians recommend tests just to rule out something. I recently discovered that the patient is bled dry for interpretation charges. A lot of corruption is actually allowed by the system. Nothing is transparent anyway and the patient always feels like he/she got a bad deal.

]]> By: Madeleine http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-18047 Madeleine Wed, 20 May 2009 13:15:57 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-18047 Even knowing deep down inside that these kinds of things happen it still shocks me to read about brand new stories. Who do these people think they are playing around with our lives like this? Mental health and health care in general is and should be about so much more than the almighty dollar and yet this just goes to show that for a great majority of the movers and shakers and those in control it is not. Cash is still king and the American public are the ones who are really getting hard by all of this nonsense! And it is easy to sit back and say that things have got to change but I think that all of us get to a point where we really just have no idea of how to make that kind of change happen. It seems that the rich still get rich and the rest of us just have to continue to get by the best we know how. Even knowing deep down inside that these kinds of things happen it still shocks me to read about brand new stories. Who do these people think they are playing around with our lives like this? Mental health and health care in general is and should be about so much more than the almighty dollar and yet this just goes to show that for a great majority of the movers and shakers and those in control it is not. Cash is still king and the American public are the ones who are really getting hard by all of this nonsense! And it is easy to sit back and say that things have got to change but I think that all of us get to a point where we really just have no idea of how to make that kind of change happen. It seems that the rich still get rich and the rest of us just have to continue to get by the best we know how.

]]> By: Jenna http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-17995 Jenna Tue, 19 May 2009 13:44:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-17995 Working in the medical field I have had the chance to witness first hand just how corrupt members of this community can become. For many of them it is all about the samples and the gifts and the entire medical staffs that they employ starts to but into all of that too. It gets really out of hand when doctors and staff are being rewarded with things like parties and trips for being "pushers" of the latest new drugs for pharmaceutical companies. This is a big reason why I am so ready to get into something completely different because it just stinks to high heaven to me. Working in the medical field I have had the chance to witness first hand just how corrupt members of this community can become. For many of them it is all about the samples and the gifts and the entire medical staffs that they employ starts to but into all of that too. It gets really out of hand when doctors and staff are being rewarded with things like parties and trips for being “pushers” of the latest new drugs for pharmaceutical companies. This is a big reason why I am so ready to get into something completely different because it just stinks to high heaven to me.

]]> By: Natalie http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-17967 Natalie Mon, 18 May 2009 09:49:13 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-17967 It is sad and i think the patients should come first It is sad and i think the patients should come first

]]> By: Hank http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-of-medication/#comment-17907 Hank Fri, 15 May 2009 19:20:03 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=2161#comment-17907 Sad that the same people we have left in charge of our health let free dinners and other perks get in the way of doing what is best for their patients Sad that the same people we have left in charge of our health let free dinners and other perks get in the way of doing what is best for their patients

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