How Cerebral Trivialized ADHD and Overprescribed Millions | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Go to http://stitchfix.com/casket to get $20 off your first purchase. Go to http://upstart.com/casket to find out how Upstart can lower your monthly rate. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. Cerebral, the rapid-rising telehealth company, revolutionized mental health care by making prescriptions available and affordable. Recently, they’ve encountered significant problems and questions regarding their ethics and legitimacy. Join us as we uncover whether Cerebral has your best interest in mind. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/8nr2q Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Kyle Robertson was about 16 years old when he started feeling different.
0:09.4	According to Kyle, he consistently felt isolated alone and extremely lethargic.
0:16.0	Even getting out of bed was an immense struggle, and he wasn't sure why.
0:20.0	His parents were extremely supportive throughout his life, but talking to them was still a challenge.
0:24.5	Kyle once stated that he was far more nervous telling his parents
0:27.2	about his depression as opposed to his sexuality.
0:29.8	He knew that they would accept the latter,
0:31.5	but the former was terrifying for him to talk about.
0:34.6	The stigma around mental health, while improving, remains extremely present in the lives of those
0:39.0	with depression, anxiety, and other mental health related problems.
0:43.0	The American Psychiatric Association says that about half of workers are concerned about
0:46.8	discussing mental health issues, while a third worry about some sort of consequence if they
0:50.8	do speak up. At only 16 years old, Kyle was facing this exact same
0:56.4	fear, despite being in a position where he had parents whose job it was to
0:59.9	understand. Kyle's father was a psychiatrist and his mom, a psychotherapist.
1:04.9	You might think that Kyle was in the best situation to get help.
1:07.8	He could just muster up the courage to tell mom and dad about his loneliness, that they'd
1:11.6	be able to diagnose him or, you know, get him a referral pretty easily,
1:15.2	and that he'd get the type of help he needs in no time, right?
1:18.1	No.
1:19.1	Even with such close ties to psychiatry, Kyle claims that he had to deal with the absolute
1:23.8	chore that getting treatment can be. Here's just how painful this process is
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