Posted by alexandra_k on May 3, 2005, at 20:40:21
In reply to Re: Thanks everyone. » alexandra_k, posted by anastasia56 on May 3, 2005, at 18:58:41
> coming in on the middle of this so bear with me.
Sure.
> Is this funding for therapy for you?
Yeah. The public service offers CBT. That is all. I have been dx with DID and CBT isn't suitable for that. There isn't anyone in the service with any experience / interest in treating DID so I am fairly much told 'we don't have anyone to treat you'. So I get nothing. That seems to be the upshot.
>And if so, are they deeming you not in dire enough need to qualify?
They are just saying that they don't have anyone from within the service to treat me. Someone with experience in treating DID has been found in the community. Her rates aren't bad (but still beyond my budget). They are about half that of what it would be to see a clinical psychologist in private practice and maybe a quarter or a third of what it would be to see a private psychiatrist.
So we were trying to get the public service to fund my treatment with an external treatment provider since there isn't anyone suitable from within the service.
But the funding application has been turned down.
My p-doc said that it is very strange because it is cheaper for me to see this external provider than it is for them to pay for someone (a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist) from within the service to see me.
That they spent about half of what I need for one year of therapy on my last inpatient admission which was only required because of the stress that I had DUE TO THE BLOODY FUNDING / TREATMENT ISSUE.
But the inpatient / outpatient budget is different so they don't care about the latter point. And with respect to the former some money is still more than no money - which is what they get if they simply refuse to fund internal or external treatment.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
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