Health and Psychology Resources
AP - The investigation into Michael Jackson’s death deepened late Wednesday with word that federal authorities will step in to help local police take a look at Jackson’s doctors and his medications.
i would like to know whether canadian healthcare, ( or more precisely quebec’s healthcare) can cover medical expenses like therapy sessions with a shrink or what not.
Short answer is yes - if provided by qualified practioners. Details are here:
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Hospital Insurance Plan
Insured in-patient services include accommodation and meals at the standard ward level; necessary nursing services; laboratory, radiological and other diagnostic procedures, together with the necessary interpretations; drugs, biologicals and related preparations prescribed by a physician and administered in hospital; routine surgical supplies; use of operating room, case-room and anaesthetic facilities; use of radiotherapy and physiotherapy services, where available; psychiatric and psychological services provided under an approved program; services rendered by persons who are paid by the hospital; and services rendered by an approved detoxification centre.
Out-patient services include laboratory tests, x-rays including interpretations, when requested by a physician and performed in an out-patient facility in an approved hospital; hospital services in connection with most minor medical and surgical procedures; physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy services in an approved hospital; and psychiatric and psychology services provided under an approved hospital program.
Services considered experimental by the territories or the health community at large are not insured. Services for cosmetic surgery, preferred accommodation at the patient’s request, drugs and biologicals dispensed after discharge from a hospital, telephones, televisions, private nursing services and ambulance charges, with the exception of inter-hospital transfer, are non-insured.
Under the Hospital Insurance Plan, coverage is provided for chronic and extended care. Medical and nursing care are insured services. Room and board is not an insured service. Patients must contribute to room and board based on Territorial Hospital Insurance Services (THIS) regulations.
Medical Care Plan
The Medical Care Plan insures all medically required procedures provided by medical practitioners, including approved diagnostic and therapeutic services; necessary surgical services; complete obstetrical care; eye examinations; and visits to specialists, even when there is no referral by a family physician. Dental services required as a result of injury or disease of the jaw are limited to specific oral surgery procedures provided in an approved health facility.
Not insured are medico-legal services; telephone advice or prescriptions given over the telephone; surgery for cosmetic purposes; medical reports or certificates; examinations on request of third parties; optometry services; acupuncture; group immunizations; in vitro fertilization; reversal of sterilization procedures; mileage charges; services provided by a medical practitioner to family; dressings, drugs, vaccines, biologicals and related preparations; eyeglasses and special appliances; plaster, surgical appliances or special bandages; treatments in the course of chiropractics, podiatry, naturopathy, osteopathy or any other practice ordinarily carried out by persons who are not medical practitioners; physiotherapy and psychology services received from other than an insured out-patient facility; services covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act or by other federal or territorial legislation; and routine annual check-ups where there is no definable diagnosis. Where the patient has attained 65 years of age or is under the age of 10 and there is no definable diagnosis, benefits shall be paid for a routine check-up once every two years.
In addition to the basic insured health services, the Northwest Territories also provides a Medical Travel Program and an Extended Health Benefits Program to assist M¡¡is and non-Native residents with costs associated with investigation, treatment and maintenance, and for rehabilitation of long-term debilitating conditions. The benefits include drugs, medical supplies, appliances and prosthetics, and some travel benefits.
In addition, the M¡¡is Health Benefits Program provides eligible M¡¡is residents 80 percent coverage of full benefits afforded to Registered Indians and Inuit, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Non-Insured Health Benefits Agreement, as may be amended from time to time.
Universality
Hospital Insurance and Medical Care Plans
The Northwest Territories Plans entitle all residents of the Northwest Territories, excluding members of the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and inmates of federal penitentiaries, to be registered. Residence requirements are in accordance with the interprovincial Agreement on Eligibility and Portability. There are no special provisions outside this agreement. No premiums are levied.
Slogan for 11th business Anniversary. This is an Anniversary for a Mental Health Program that will be 11?
year’s old in July. Again we deal with
Peer Support
Mentl Health
Recovery and Wellness
Helping other’s
We want to stay open for many years to come
‘-)
11 years easing your mind…..
I have been twitching semi-controllably for a week, so I went to the doctor and she said I probably have a tic disorder like tourette’s. I am going to get an EEG and go to a specialist. I went to school on monday and everyone was laughing at me. I am pretending to be brave for my parents, but I am so scared. The medication that I may get has some scary neurological side effects, and they may not even work. People look at me differently, and I have random panic attacks where i freak out about not being in control of my body. I may have to stop viola and horse riding. My parents forbade me from telling my friends. I am only a teenager. I just need someone to talk to. I am really afraid.
Sometimes these kind of ticks can be a result of stress. Have you been feeling like you are under a lot of stress? Try to think of what might be bothering you. It doesn’t help the tick any when the kids at school laugh at you. Be sure to let the specialist and your parents know what the kids are doing. I hope you will be feeling better soon and your tick will settle down. Good Luck.
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the benefits of yoga and yoga meditation & demonstrates different yoga positions and poses.
A yoga workout can lower stress, improve health, increase mental wellness, give one a more flexible & sexy body.
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I have no official diagnosis of any kind..
leave a comment about what you think..
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Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourettes syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Deep brain stimulation has long been seen as valuable for controlling movement disorders, according to the review, written by Susannah Tye, Ph.D., Mark Frye, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic Department of Neurosurgery. It now is being investigated for hard-to-treat psychiatric disorders, according to the authors.
Early results indicate the effect on depression and obsessive compulsive disorder is beneficial, but the therapy needs further study, Dr. Lee says. The potential for this breakthrough treatment is enormous in reducing the toll of mental illness on patients, their families and society, according to the review. Unlike electroshock therapy (ECT), which stimulates the entire brain, DBS stimulates specific parts of the brain. DBS is thought to be functionally equivalent to creating a lesion on the brain, but with the advantage of being adjustable and reversible.
It is like implanting a pacemaker for the brain, says Dr. Lee. The patient is awake during deep brain stimulation surgery while a neurosurgeon implants the electrodes. Patients are able to give immediate feedback. Additionally, patients do not feel any pain during the implantation procedure since the brain is without pain receptors.
In the developed world, major depression is second only to cardiovascular disease in premature mortality and time lived with disability according to the review. In persons aged 15 to 44 years, depression is the most disabling medical illness in the United States. The prevalence of major depression, known to be a chronic and relapsing illness, is approximately 17 percent, affecting almost 1 in 5 persons.
Medications and psychiatric therapy can effectively treat many patients with major depression; however, up to 20 percent of these patients fail to respond to these non-surgical therapeutic interventions.
DBS is not a miracle cure and should not be used to treat all depression, says Dr. Lee. It should be reserved for those patients who have treatment-resistant depression, and approved by a multi-disciplinary team. Ongoing advances in DBS technologies represent an important new field that could greatly advance the understanding of psychiatric neurobiology, according to the review.
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There has been a revolution in our understanding of mental illness and its effect on society. The science of mental illness has made enormous strides based on the just-completed “decade of the brain” and is poised to make quantum progress again based on the completion of the Human Genome Project. These and other developments are covered in this new multi-volume set, which brings together in one in-depth collection the most significant recent scholarship on mental and addictive disorders. To create this valuable collection, a leading expert in the field has reviewed thousands of articles in hundreds of scientific journals. The result is an authoritative selection that represents the most significant research worldwide and provides a uniquely balanced perspective on the field. The volumes are organized to provide cutting-edge views of the epidemiology, genetics, evolutionary perspectives, and brain and behavioral science of mental illness, as well as selected papers on treatment. The collection offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview, and includes introductions that make the technical aspects of the papers accessible. Available as a set or as single volumes: * Vol. 1: “Bipolar Disorder”350 pp* 0-8153-3744-2]* Vol. 2: “Autism” 350 pp* 0-8153-3745-0]* Vol. 3: “Schizophrenia”350 pp* 0-8153-3746-9]* Vol. 4: “Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity” “Disorders”350 pp* 0-8153-3747-7]* Vol. 5: “Addiction”350 pp* 0-8153-3748-5]* Vol. 6: “Depression”350 pp* 0-8153-3749-3]* Vol. 7: “Personality and Personality Disorders”350 pp* 0-8153-3750-7]* Vol. 8: “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette‘s Syndrome” 350 pp* 0-8153-3751-5]* Vol. 9: “Stress and the Brain”350 pp* 0-8153-3752-3]* Vol. 10: “Fear and Anxiety” 350 pp* 0-8153-3753-1]
Relating breakthroughs in phenomenology and neurobiology and current strategies for diagnosis, assessment, and clinical care, this long-anticipated Second Edition provides expanded descriptions of clinical features, further evidence linking heritability to etiology, and revised epidemiological estimates as observed in the most recent research on Tourette’s syndrome (TS) and associated disorders. The latest information about the controversial poststreptococcal hypothesis is also presented and discussed.
