Damage Control: How To Deal With Losing Mental Health Care Coverage
July 26, 2007 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Tuesday I told you about the shaky mental health care services in Asheville, North Carolina and briefly touched on Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome (ADS), the affliction many folks suffer when they abruptly stop taking their antidepressants.
Keep in mind that ADS isn’t the only negative outcome of losing mental health care coverage – not by a long shot. Abruptly stopping any kind of medication can bring severe mental and physical consequences.
Losing mental health insurance also leaves people without other psychiatric, therapy, and counseling services.
Today, let’s talk about damage control – what you can do if you should ever find yourself without mental …read more




