Related to this is addiction treatment, which in the USA is unregulated. Many treatment centers don't actually follow scientifically sound methods for treatment

Related to this is addiction treatment, which in the USA is unregulated. Many treatment centers don't actually follow scientifically sound methods for treatment and are little more than an expensive summer camp for adults. John Oliver did a segment on the situation a couple of months ago, it's worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWQiXv0sn9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWQiXv0sn9Y This kind of misleading advertising for privatized healthcare sickens me. It happens for all kinds of healthcare, individual anecdotes used as advertising for a treatment with a low chance or success, or for treatments with no proof of success at all. I saw it just today in the newspaper for a depression treatment service of some sort, which tried to disguise itself as a legitimate article, and essentially tried to guilt trip the reader into thinking that the best option for their friends and family who are at risk of suicide is to send them to this treatment facility.