Be Careful When Calling Those Addiction Treatment Hotlines

You have to love a guy dressed up in surgical scrubs with a stethoscope trying to sell you addiction treatment services. You know, those seedy inpatient rehab facilities that claim they can self-police their own horrible, terrible marketing practices. But as this television commercial, that’s been airing for years on cable TV, clearly demonstrates, there remains very little that’s ethical about addition treatment marketing. That’s especially true if you get suckered into calling one of those addiction treatment hotlines you see on TV or on a website. As we noted in August 2018, the rehab industry still needs federal oversight and regulation. That’s because it’s shown a curious detachment from the typical morals and ethics that govern most industries whose job it is to help people get well. Enter The Addiction Network. Ostensibly some sort of referral network that treatment centers need to pay in order to be a part of, it runs laughable television commercials on cable TV, preying on people who don’t understand how the rehab industry’s aggressive treatment referral pipeline works. Who Is the Addiction Network & Why Should You Trust Them? The Addiction Network appears to be just a service of Pro Media Group, a “direct response marketing and advertising agency” in Miami, Florida. That’s right — you’re getting your addiction treatment referral from a marketing and advertising company. The registered corpo...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Addiction General Minding the Media Substance Abuse Treatment addiction marketing Addiction Treatment bad surgeon treatment marketing Source Type: blogs