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Re: Is It Depression or Bipolar?

Posted by emmanuel98 on August 24, 2010, at 19:32:42

In reply to Re: Is It Depression or Bipolar?, posted by violette on August 24, 2010, at 10:17:17

One of the things driving this, besides the drug companies constantly trying to redefine mental health issues to broaden their markets, is that insurance oompanies in the US won't pay for therapeutic treatment of personality disorders, like simple mood and emotional dysregulation, fears of abandonment that lead to suicide attempts, etc. They only pay for AXIS I disorders -- major depression, bipolar, -- and psychotic disorders. So a dysregualted person with suicidal tendencies who attempts suicide but meets none of the criteria for MDD, will be classified as MDD nevertheless and put on drugs, when therapy might be more useful.


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