Mental Healthcare in America: An Industry on the Mend

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• July 19th, 2023
• healthcare, holistic care, information asymmetry, mental health, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, social determinants of health, Summer 2023 Issue, trauma-informed care, vulnerable populations
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America’s healthcare industry accounts for one fifth of its Gross National Product (GNP) and produces mediocre outcomes at best. Innumerable factors are implicated in this dysfunction, most of which are borne of a capitalist structure designed to maximize profits for its principal agents. This...

The Epidemic of Opiate Abuse: Its Causes and (Potential) Solutions

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction epidemic, mental health, opiate dependence, pain management, pharmaceutical industry, policy reform, social determinants of health, substance use
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The use of mind and mood altering substances is certainly not unique to our modern post-industrialized society. Epidemics of substance use and addiction have ravaged communities for hundreds of years. Homo Sapiens and their ancestors have sought relief from suffering for as long as suffering has...

A Root Cause of the Opiate Drug Abuse Epidemic

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• January 1st, 2020
• addiction crisis, healthcare system failures, medication-assisted treatment, opiate abuse, opioid epidemic, pharmaceutical industry, prescription practices, public health
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An epidemic of opiate abuse and addiction continues to ravage communities throughout the United States. Approximately 183,000 Americans succumbed to opiate overdoses between 1999 and 2015, and countless more have suffered the ancillary effects of addiction that include the loss of employment,...