Posts Tagged ‘mental health care’

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Question by QuantumJourney: Kaiser Permanente and Behavioral Health?
I’m considering an employer that provides Kaiser as their medical provider. I think therapy is a great tool and go from time to time, but I’m not sure how Kaiser Behavioral Health works. Do I have to use their therapists? I think I do, but wanted to be sure.

Thanks

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Answer by Alex62
You do if you want insurance to cover it, and don’t expect much say in who you are assigned or how often you can see them. I’m biased. I had a horrible experience with Kaiser’s mental health dept and changed insurance because of it. The rest of Kaiser, however, was okay.

2014 sees federal budget approved, and uptick in funding for behavioral health
The new federal budget brings good news for mental health and substance use disorder treatment. When sequestration – the automatic spending cuts imposed last year – is taken into account, overall MH/SUD funding has increased. For example, the …
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Question by Sarah: On residential treatment centers?
I’m currently looking into residential treatment centers for youth because I feel that it would help me to participate in a curriculum like that, since I suffer from depression, on and off self harm, and major relationship issues with friends and family. Is there anyone who has been to one or a loved one has? What things should I look for in one? How much do they usually cost? Any help would be appreciated.
Ok, maybe I should add some more details. I am currently 16, nearing 17, and when I was about 13 I was diagnosed with depression (after I told parents about cutting.) I was soon after started on prozac. Later I started therapy. I ended up switching meds to some other medication and then to welbutrin. I stopped therapy when my therapist thought I was better. I have started therapy again. Before my parents told me that there were only so many medications out there and that they might have to send me away to get help if they couldn’t give it to me. That was a while ago. We are fairly well to do, and I’m sure if I told them of my interest my parents would be willing to pay the cost, which I have already seen for a few centers. I just don’t think I can getting weekly therapy and then end up in an enviroment that triggers me after wards, I have horrible relationships and am getting worse. I think I need time of for myself. So yeah, I just want inpatient info right now. Thanks anyways =)
No, I’m not on any sort of illegal drugs. But I really don’t think that I should be staying at my house and doing outpatient care, cause I’m nearly on the edge and I can’t trust my parents or friends right now. How I see it is that everything is falling down around me, and I can’t try working on one while the others are falling. So I want to go somewhere I can work on it all at once. And the residential centers I have been looking at are not really for those with severe mental illnesses, they are for troubled teens, like kids who won’t go to school or have family issues, add or adhd, things like that. I really don’t think it’s a place where they have really serious personality cases and stuff like that. But I could be wrong, it’s just I’m not looking at a hospital type place, but rather like a place to go and get stronger and stuff like that. And cutting won’t be a problem, I’m not a compulsive cutter and I can handle it, I hardly ever cut. But I resepect your opinions and hear them.

Forum scheduled in Greenfield on mental health and drug abuse
“Mental Health and Drug Abuse in Franklin County: A Community Crisis” is scheduled for Thursday in the Greenfield Middle School auditorium, 195 Federal St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for access to service provider information tables, with a panel …
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care Mandatory Under Affordable Care Act …
Uninsured Marylanders dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues now have more options for coverage as a result of the Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA. The marketplace exchange began a tumultuous enrollment period on Oct. 1 …
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Sunday Dialogue: Treating Mental Illness
Many consumers will still face impossible barriers to getting needed mental health and substance abuse services. Insurance programs can pick and choose which services to approve. A significant number don't cover residential services, partial …
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Question by Laura: What happens when you turn 18, and are involved in a child and adolescent mental health service?UK?
Do you get referred to an adult service by the child and adolescent one? Or once you turn 18 is that the end of it? Are you only referred if the people you see think you need a referral, or can you request one yourself? Im in the UK.

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Answer by Psychethos
I’m sorry that I can’t answer specifically for the UK, but I would imagine that the system is quite similar to the one we have in Finland. If only a bit of whatever your treatment is remains, then they will probably continue to treat you within the adolescent mental health service. They aren’t that strict about the cut off point, particularly when you have a long history of treatment as an adolescent. However, if you may still require treatment for many years, you will be transferred to the adult mental health service.

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Question by Welsh Rarebit: We need to find a suitable child psychiatrist experienced in bipolar?
We have an 8 year old son who has been diagnosed with bipolar and we need to find a new child psychiatrist with experience in this field. We live in the Bay Area of San Francisco – can anyone recommend someone?

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Answer by moonshadow
I would call your health plan and see who they recommend.

Answer by Jo C
I’m sorry to hear about your son’s diagnosis. You’re doing the right thing by looking for a therapist with experience. If your son is already in therapy but not with a specialist, as that therapist who they recommend.

You might want to contact the Bipolar Disorder Clinic at Standford: http://bipolar.stanford.edu/

Psychiatrists From Another Dimension (Part 1)
After all the criticisms, the street protests and the scholarly debates, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was finally published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in May 2013. And then… well …
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Study Reveals About Half of Country's Psychiatrists Don't Accept Health Insurance
Just as more and more attention is being paid to the importance of mental health care, a new study reveals that access to psychiatrists is decreasing. Erin Billups takes a closer look at what could grow to be a major issue as millions more Americans …
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