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Mental Health Profiteers

Mental health profiteers: The dark world of online anxiety ‘cures’.
File on 4 investigates the rogue online operators charging thousands and guaranteeing to ‘cure’ anxiety.

Mental health profiteers: The dark world of online anxiety ‘cures’.
Jane Deith and Jordan Dunbar investigate the rogue operators exploiting the long wait for mental health services on the NHS. The explosion in unregulated online recovery programmes has led to claims of people paying thousands of pounds for treatment by unqualified practitioners which has made their anxiety worse – not better. File on 4 investigates one company guaranteeing to cure anxiety in children. And we ask – why isn’t the law protecting people who seek help online?

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37 minutes

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  • Tue 21 Sep 2021 20:00
  • Sun 26 Sep 2021 17:00

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