I have been reading about the success of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), by Beck, and it sounds very good.
This therapy is said to be as effective as the antidepressants and antianxiety drugs on the market with one advantage; no adverse side affects.
This therapy focuses on the thought processes (negative) of the patient and gets them [...]

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I have depression that has not responded to many anti-depressants, it involes a small pacemaker-like appliance surgically placed in the left chest and a wire is placed around the Vagal nerve and runs up into the brain. It gives small impulses to the brain to produce the chemicals that are either absent from the brain [...]

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I went to my primary physician a couple of years ago, and he recommended me to the "group" sessions Kaiser Permanente offers. It has proved to be useless, and did not help me at all. I’m looking at other treatment options (individual psychotherapy/cognitive behavior therapy) outside my insurance…Will it cover at least some of it?

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I do not have insurance or $ to afford it . I’ve been very depressed and have severe panic attacks and have for a very long period of time. I feel like I’m at my wits end and I don’t know where to turn to anymore. I need it to be genuinely [...]

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I've been seeing a neuro-psychologist (a psychiatric nurse practitioner referred him, after I insisted to cease meds - anti-depressives and anti-convulsive/mood stabilizers).
Initially, I felt I was getting a lot of help, good advise, improving finding out about root problems (substance abuse/personality disorder/poor support network/depression etc.).
But now after a little over 2 months, I [...]

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Constructive suggestions in your own words sought.
I would like to see schizophrenia, bipolar, and refractory depression moved over to neurology so that there would be more research funding on the neurological causes, better meds developed, better recognition that these are neurological physical problems, and better insurance coversage. Yes, therapy would continue to be necessary, [...]

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In the WEGO Health community on Asthma and Allergies
http://forums.wegohealth.com/forums/viewthread/283_32/
we were talking about how our insurance companies wouldn't pay for needed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
I was wondering how much an average session cost, and whether people could just make online communities that went through a peer-reviewed book together, if individual members couldn't afford the cost of a [...]

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i have been going to a counselor for a while for depression. it was pretty bad for a while… i had problems seeing things (sorth of hallucinating… but not often) she cannot prescribe medication (this is at a clinic where they don't do that, plus i have no insurance or $) but she suggested [...]

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As I have questions about treatment resistant depression I am very concerned with other with the same condition. My specialist has tried just about all antidepressants and even newer ones on the marker. Would you share with me the treatments that you have tried or any that you are finding success with or anything that [...]

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I've been depressed and suicidal for most of my life(2 attempts in high school), but I never got any help because my mom didn't believe in therapy or medication. She either denied I had a problem or told me to pray on it. So I go far, far away to college, still horribly depressed, but [...]

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A counselor recommend I get a cognitive psychological analysis done. What does this mean? Where do you go to get a comprehensive mental health screening? Are they special clinics? Does insurance cover this stuff usually?
She believes I have ADD and should go through a screening, but said they are expensive. [...]

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I was thinking of seeking therapy for my OCD- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I don't currently have medical insurance, and was just wondering what kind of cost I would be looking at? Also, are there any kind of special programs to help people with OCD get the treatment they need. I don't qualify for Medicaid or [...]

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I have a friend who I think is really suffering from depression and mania. I've known him since we were kids and he has pretty much always gone through cycles of highs and lows that I know are not normal. Lately it is getting really bad, he is abusing alcohol, making bad social and financial [...]

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i was looking under a list of specialties provided on their site, looking for a psychologist and they do not have any sort of psychologist, psychotherapy, child psychology, adult psychology, psychiatry, etc listed.
i'm worried then, that visits with a mental health specialist would not be covered by Neighborhood Health Partnership?
does anyone have this health [...]

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Is there a way of getting treatment for depression if u don't have enough money or the right medical insurance which covers it?

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