Rocky Care at For-Profit Rehab
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/ethics/79403
In the midst of the opioid crisis, drug rehabilitation and treatment facilities might be more popular than ever. Mother Jones conducted a 5-month investigation into American Addiction Centers (the only such chain that’s publicly traded) to highlight the for-profit rehab ecosystem in the U.S.
Mother Jones found myriad problems with the company’s business model and outcomes, portraying it as a money-making machine that failed its patients with allegations of neglect and death. It’s now facing multiple lawsuits.
One instance: Cody Arbuckle, a 23-year-old man, was living in an AAC “therapeutic recovery home” when he died from an Imodium overdose, a coroner determined. Police reports and a lawsuit allege that staff at the facility didn’t check on Arbuckle for hours. The lawsuit also claims that call center representatives, who received a commission until last summer, routinely lied to potential patients about facilities and treatment, even promising one-on-one time with a doctor when, in fact, patients wouldn’t see one at all. Arbuckle’s is just one of many patient deaths Mother Jones found at AAC facilities. AAC said its mortality rate was lower than the industry average but didn’t provide numbers.
AAC’s CEO, Michael Cartwright, said it was “a lie” that patients weren’t looked after.
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“AAC’s CEO, Michael Cartwright, said it was “a lie” that patients weren’t looked after.”
Wow, now there’s a convincing come-back. *snort*
U know,,,for the guy representing this field,,ie addiction psychiatry, his own backyard is a mess..25 %,,,of FORCED admittance into rehabs,,ie,,involuntary commitments,,,claim abuse in these places,,from the staff members,,,There success rate is lie 3%,,,over 59 % of adults forced into theses psychiatric facilities DID NOT FEEL SAFE,, w/in them,,Psychiatric addiction facilities are a mess..15,000 deaths in 1 year from psychotropics’ alone,,thats not mixen anything..The psychotropics are telling the brain to shut off the electric current / signal for the heart to beat,,I find it crazy that psychiatric addiction facilities are/always have been a terrible place,,yet,,the guy people/government are listening to these days,,ie Klondike,,,is a psychiatrist for addiction.,,U would think the government wouldn’t listen to a guy who’s own backyard is a mess??I guess it is exactly what Steve has pointed out before,,Its not about truth , its about their agenda,,,sooo liars are welcome as long as it works for their agenda,,,,maryw..
Imodium OVERDOSE? This unnecessary death should be definitive proof of WITHDRAW and the horror of trying to get through this state of being.
SMFH.