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If by “drug pushers” you mean psychiatrists then
drug manufacturers may provide kickbacks but on
the hospital and pharmacy level, not necessarily
on the independent shrink’s level. If you are saying
that ALL of the MDs I dealt with were ‘on the take’
then I challenge you to prove it or STFU. Why? Because
the shrinks I worked with wrote scripts for generic
meds. They had no idea which brands (manufacturers) our
institutional pharmacy supplied. In other words IF
there were kick backs it was on the pharmacy side and
our independent psychiatrists didn’t earn an extra
dime. They just made the diagnosis, prescribed the
meds, and monitored the kids thru the therapists &
staff reports and their own monthly sessions with the
boys. Other than that these shrinks are MDs who are
professionals who are paid about $250/hr and up.
So,if you think the whole lot of them don’t care
what they do for $ then maybe you should consider
seeing a psychiatrist for yourself. You can even
refuse to accept any meds he/she may prescribe.