Posted by mme_l on September 10, 1999, at 11:53:31
In reply to Re: Psycho-Babble national directory of expert p-docs?, posted by Stephan on September 6, 1999, at 8:37:35
I recently tried to find my son a p-doc after his social worker suggested that he may need meds. Dealing through the HMO, although I kept stressing that the address must state that it is in Chicago, the care facilitator kept insisting on giving me people in the burbs. She finally sent my son to a woman at the opposite corner of the city from us. This alleged p-doc then told my son that he needed to snap out of it, that there was no 'magic pill' tha would cure him, and that she thought he just needed exercise. I don't know, but in the worst of my depression, there was nothing that could get me out of bed, so much as exercise. She also told him that acupuncture would help him. After I questioned if the insurance company would pay for it, she told me that they would bill it as a normal psychiatric visit.
The irony? I live 10 min from Dr. Bob's shop!
The insurance companies can make you more depressed than you were originally...
L
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