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Let me guess, this is one of those online-only adderall-pushers that grew enormously during the pandemic, right?

• gs17 3y ago
  They pushed more than just Adderall, of course: > • LifeStance deals in controlled substances and medications like Xanax and Adderall that have huge potential for abuse, with prescription volume growth rivaling opiate prescriptions at their peak, according to health professionals. > • Despite the potentially addictive nature of some of these medications, former LifeStance employees claim that medication prescribers have been advised to cut consultation times to maximize revenue, with some former clinicians having seen “30 patients a day”. Others described it as akin to “war medicine.” > • LifeStance also rewarded its “highest-performing” medication prescribers with stock grants, according to the company’s CFO. A former practice owner told us the grants were tied to number of sessions a clinician conducts, an incentive that can encourage quantity over quality of care. > • In December 2023, we signed up for an appointment with a LifeStance psychiatrist to better understand the company’s patient onboarding process. We were given a questionnaire developed by Pfizer and were asked if we were open to medication 13 minutes into our first session. > • Despite reporting to the psychiatrist that we had been in a good mood since Christmas, 32 minutes into our first session we were offered Pfizer’s Zoloft for treating depression and anxiety. By the end of a 15-minute follow up session we were prescribed Zoloft.