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Children Without Health Insurance in Connecticut

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do not have health insurance coverage. of children (approximately 26,000) did not have health insurance coverage as of 2019 ( visit the CT Health Foundation’s website to learn more about who is uninsured in CT). The post Children Without Health Insurance in Connecticut appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. Without health insurance, known locally as medical aid, people living in South Africa are only guaranteed care for serious mental illness. In 2022 South Africa took the second-lowest position, with the UK ranking worst. No, she says. Theres nobody there.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

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Mental health care is under the control of powerful entities: the profession of psychiatry, drug companies, NIMH, primary care doctors, and insurance companies. Joey developed akathisia, tardive dyskinesia and dystonia around 2021. That has not happened. Ideology and economic interests furnish the explanation for this resistance.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

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One advantage of BetterHelp is that because the service does not bill insurance, there is no need for clinicians to provide a diagnosis and target therapy to fit the “medical necessity” requirements imposed by third-party payers. We have hundreds of brands of psychotherapy tailored to myriad psychiatric symptoms and disorders.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

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Zurzuvae’s cost is estimated to be $16,000 for the 14 days and it is still not known if insurance will cover it. More recently, in 2021, Dr. Corey Laskey published detailed recommendations regarding drug treatment for PPD in the magazine U.S. The Washington Post published an article in 2021 and found that while the U.S.

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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

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I was asked for my ID, insurance, and other things that hospital staff typically ask of a patient. I was discharged on December 14, 2021, but remnants of myself are still lingering around the hospital. They wore white and navy uniforms, gleaming with as much pride as the individuals wearing them had.

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The Birth of The “Just Stop It” Movement: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Health Crisis

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That’s how I describe my son Will’s mental health journey, which began in 2021, turning a typical night with friends into a nightmare. Told by his mother, Pamela, and his oldest brother, Joe, it’s also a story of resilience, loving commitment, and a push for change against a system riddled with discrimination and harms.