I can’t help but mention this article in The New York Times about how to get mental health care when you have no insurance or for some reason your have minimal coverage for mental health concerns with your current health insurance (which should change come …

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Getting Therapy When There’s No Money

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  1. Thanks for the article-I’ll pass it along to one of my family members. Her insurance is Medicaid-which means that she has a new therapist and psychiatrist every other month as the only mental health professionals she is able to see are in training cycles.

    She has bipolar disorder. I don’t see how it is helpful to have new doctors who want to change her drugs each time and then new therapists. How in the world are you supposed to benefit from therapy when as soon as you start buildng trust, and as soon as the therapist starts learning about you, you are then switched to someone else?

  2. One self help group for mental health which has been around since 1937, is Recovery International. They have a website and meetings(day & night) are listed for you according to your zip code. Also have telephone meetings for home bound individuals. Go to http://www.RecoveryInternational.org

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