Posted by Jeff Smith on March 21, 2007, at 7:03:00
In reply to Re: Your Opinion: Am I Right Or)) Jeff, posted by gazo on March 20, 2007, at 17:19:53
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> > Well some of the ones who (if you mean private shrinks?) dont take medicare will work with a sliding scale fee.
> > But now Im not sure who you mean regarding needing a referral for?
> > And that sucks that you were rejected for that reason. Im sure we all heard that cliche (dont know if its true or not) that shrinks are all
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> Well, I don't think they are all f*ed up or evil, although I am sure that like every segment of the population there are some. What does bother me is the lack of consideration of aptitude when accepting people into the programs. Same goes for medical doctors. We tend to have this idea that they will genuinely care... and some just don't.
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> I have seen mental health workers, of many varieties, just acting badly in their private lives. It's like seeing a priest steal someone's wallet... leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
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> Granted, the ones I have seen clinically myself have done alright by me I guess.
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> About the referral.. I meant that hospital clinic, same thing with the cost. Can you go there without having to pay a bunch of money? I looked at the site and they seem impressive.Hey gazo,
Just to completely clarify, since Im not sure if you read my post to cine yesterday, I explained that it was in jest that I referred to the "cliche" about shrinks and also about them being "evil"... and well here's what I said to cine about that:
"When I said the word evil (which you just took out of context) I said it like this: "And that sucks that you were rejected for that reason. Im sure we all heard that cliche (dont know if its true or not) that shrinks are all f*cked up themselves... but lets assume its true and theyre all evil just for now. : )"
If you could tell, that was said in jest. Note the smiley face and words "just for now". : )
I dont at all believe all shrinks are evil or that they have any higher percentage of "evil" people than non shrinks do."And Ill also add that I dont believe that all shrinks are "f*cked up"... I just found it an appropriately funny and obnoxious cliche at the time (which I had assumed everyone has heard before... in fact I know Ive seen it written here once (I believe in administration) but another term was used instead of "F'd up").
As for the hospital in NYC I agree, they seem very, very impressive : )
But Im also confused: They seem to have a million different programs and whatnot but some say they dont take insurance (but charge very low cost), one says the whole intake evaluation (or whatever it was called) was like $1500, a couple say they take medicare and I think others dont mention anything.
I dont know, its all very confusing so Ill definitely have to call to find out exactly where to go, what to do, how to pay, if theyll take me, etc, etc...
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