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Are scammers cashing in on psychology?

2025/2/27
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Every day people all around Australia access mental health support. It might be in person, over the phone, or, increasingly, online. 

So who actually runs these online mental health services? And how reliable are they? 

This is the second part of hack's investigation into psychology fraud - following the "astonishing" case of a woman who had stolen the identity of psychologists and held fake "sessions" online. 

Listen to the first part of the story here: When your psychologist isn't who they say they are)

And read more here: Melbourne woman convicted for holding fake 'psychology sessions' for more than a year)

Guest:

  • Piers Gooding, associate professor, La Trobe Law School

 

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