[Magdalen] Washington Post article on involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill

[ME Michaud]

Fascinating piece on one of the NPR affiliates this a.m. Anorexia kills,
so why do so many insurance companies refuse to pay for treatment?

www.wbur.org

-M


On Saturday, February 14, 2015, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:
>
> For various reasons I had not read the original article before but I have
> now done so.  My first reaction was that the British Psychological Society
> would advocate more talk therapy and less drug therapy.  Psychologists are
> not physicians.  They are generally paid less than doctors and cannot
> prescribe medication.  In their various specialisms (medical, occupational,
> educational, counseling etc.) they focus on how the person operates and
> enabling them to function effectively in their particular context, or for
> occupational assessing an appropriate context for them.
>
>