When new patients call me, one of their first questions is often “Can I use my insurance?” Thanks to the passage of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act by Congress in 2008, many of us are able to use our health insurance to pay for psychological services. [...]
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As fall weather merges into the darkness of winter and daylight hours become short many people find themselves experiencing symptoms resembling depression. For some, the symptoms are relatively brief. Tempers may seem shorter for parents stuck inside with cranky or sick children. An increased sense of lethargy with a desire to lie around and binge [...]
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This is a bit of a departure from my normal topic of aging, but an article came out last week that caught my attention and I think it is worth mentioning on the blog. The report was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and it was a review of six previously published studies [...]
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