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The Quiet Crisis in Mental Health: The Medicalization and Deskilling of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

This b t, however, dominates insurance reimbursement practices, requiring all mental health professionalseven those without medical degreesto use DSM diagnoses as a medical framework for both billing and treatment. They are often conveniently time-limited, making them more cost-effective for insurers.

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Using Serum Drug Levels

Psychiatric Times

Finally, it provides documentation to justify why the medication was stopped or increased to off-label dosages, or to explain the clinical appropriateness of the treatment plan to an insurance company or colleague. Comparison of standard and low serum levels of lithium for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. N Engl J Med.

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The Cat Is Out of the Bag

Mad in America

Like Laura, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age seventeen. They’re clusters of symptoms, often reported and evaluated subjectively, and often shaped more by insurance billing codes than science. Over the next two decades, I cycled through seven psychiatric hospitalizations.

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How the Troubled Teen Industry Turns Pain Into Profit

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Insurance wouldnt cover the care I needed, leaving my parents scrambling for something within their budget. of a surveyed population in Southern California reported that they associate mental illness with dangerousness , mainly linking conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to violent behavior.As

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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

The Debilitating Impact of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder EP: 29. Difficulties With Insurance and Patient Care: “Why Is the System So Complicated?” Neurosyphilis: When an Antipsychotic Is Not Enough EP: 28. This Is Not Me!”: Mental Illness Is an Equal Opportunity Employer EP: 30. The Slow Road to Psychosis Now Viewing EP: 32.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

Mad in America

To be included in the present research, service users had to be commercially insured, aged 18-64 years, and have a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. Service users were excluded from the present research if they had received a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or delusional disorder.

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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

Mad in America

I was asked for my ID, insurance, and other things that hospital staff typically ask of a patient. I roomed with a Portuguese woman who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. They wore white and navy uniforms, gleaming with as much pride as the individuals wearing them had. I was then sent upstairs to the inpatient unit.