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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Preface)

Mad in America

This movement escalated by the marketing of Prozac in 1987, a medication which was said to effectively treat clinical depression and several anxiety disorders without the risk of overdose deaths of the earlier antidepressant drugs such as Elavil. In reading the above the reader may say, “Dr.

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Mental Healthcare for Veterans in TriWest States

Solara Mental Health

TriWest Healthcare Alliance commonly referred to as TriWest, is an insurance that is part of the VAs Community Care Network (CCN) that specifically serves veterans. The VA requires medical documentation of all care to be submitted including an initial evaluation report and completion of care at the end of care with a discharge summary/plan.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The Situational Approach papers resonated with a number of insurance industry personnel and academics, and I was encouraged to investigate this topic further.