Confessions of a life-long pillhead:

Or how I finally discovered the one for me…

Andrew Katz
Sep 1, 2018 · 17 min read

According to the US Government Department of Health & Human Services, less than half of adolescents with serious psychiatric disorders receive any kind of treatment. That in itself is a tragedy. One that will ensure a continual source of supply to the nation’s jails, prisons and homeless shelters.

DHHS fails, however, to address another potential source that feeds today’s salt mines: adolescents who are over treated.

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Andrew Katz

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LA born & raised, I’ve lived with wife & doxies in Brooklyn for the past 22 years. My work background winds through healthcare, photography & culinary arts.

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