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Behavioral healthcare usually does not receive the respect it deserves. A lack of a national parity law has relegated it to "second tier" status in the healthcare system. Mental illnesses and addictive disorders are still greatly misunderstood by the public, and their treatments face constant skepticism. In short, behavioral healthcare is under-funded and underappreciated. I bet you share my frustration, even anger, over behavioral healthcare's plight, so you'll understand how I felt when I heard about Tom Cruise's bashing of psychiatry in an Access Hollywood interview. (1)
"[Y]ou have to understand, with psychiatry, there is no science behind it. And to pretend that there is a science behind it is criminal," Cruise said. Like other Scientologists, Cruise is against the use of psychiatric drugs such...
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