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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Medicaid and the Idiots
Indwelling catheters have to be changed every four weeks to prevent infection. I have such a catheter and last week—only three weeks after insertion—it sprung a leak. Neither the nurse nor I could figure out the source or cause of … Continue reading
You Come First–Really (Part II)
What the hell does the Brownell Center for Behavioral Therapy think you want psychotherapy for? For all this stuff—the yelling and hitting and fucking and drunkenness and drugging! That’s what’s hurting you! And they are ripping through the most painful, … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Mental Illness & Health
Tagged Brownell Center, Dr. Robert Feldman, HIPAA, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH, Onondaga County New York, patients, psychiatric disorders, Psychotherapy, Robert Feldman, Syracuse University
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You Come First—Really
You are the most important element in the psychotherapeutic relationship. You—not the money, not the agency and not the therapist. They all exist to help you, and if they don’t know that then you shouldn’t go to that person or … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, power wheelchairs, Sex
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities, Behavioral Health, Bob Feldman, Brownell, Brownell Center, depression, disability, Dr. Robert Feldman, hostile, Liberty Resources, Medicaid, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, money, NYS Office of Mental Health, OMH, Onondaga County New York, Onondaga Pastoral Counseling Center, OPCC, outpatient mental health, paperwork, power, Psychotherapy, Robert Feldman
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You Come First–Sort of
I was in terrible pain. There was a darkness in my soul and I didn’t know where it was coming from so I finally decided to see a psychotherapist. A friend suggested that maybe I was dealing with issues of … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Mental Illness & Health, advocacy, activism, Medical care, American medical industry, Depression, Poverty, Medicaid, Medicare, drugs
Tagged aging, client-centered, depression, doctors, drugs, elderly, empathic therapy, end-of-life, geriatric, Ginger Breggin, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, Mental Health Association, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patient-centered, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, psychiatric disorders, psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, therapist, values
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What Gives You the Authority? (Part II)
Nine days later, I wake up to the realization that neither Greg Allen nor Notchaca has followed up, so I call Notchaca. She tells me that she called Heidi at DOH and Heidi said she would take care of it; she … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power
Tagged complaint, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DOH, DSS, Freeman, Governance, government, Greg Allen, Independent Review Organization, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Notchaca, NYS Dept. of Health, Occupy Everywhere, Onondaga County New York, poverty, power, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman
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What Gives You the Authority? (Part I)
One day, several years ago, I called Medical Answering Services (MAS), which has the contract to dispatch Medicaid transportation in a lot of NYS counties, and I asked for a ride to my doctor. The MAS call-taker responded with “What … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power
Tagged abuse of power, confidentiality, David Sutkowy, DSS, Governance, Greg Allen, HIPAA, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County New York, poor people, poverty, power, privacy, values, Wayne Freeman
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