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Old Mar 15, 2018, 05:02 PM
Anonymous46341
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I'm glad to read that you think you've found a solution. I hope it works out, too.

Richest country in the world and we've got people who can't afford their medications and doctors visits. All I can say is that we should all cast our votes appropriately and/or write our congressmen/women and senators. What we have needs major improvement! And let's be sure that people with pre-existing conditions aren't penalized or rejected. We've got to fight especially hard for mental health care parity to remain or be provided, depending on what they come up with. Seems to me that the only recent mention of improving mental healthcare lately was as a result of the Florida school shooting. That doesn't mean anything will be done though.

I live in a well off area (which my husband and I can't afford to live in anymore). I will say that my town does have low cost therapy options sometimes available through religious-organizations (a local Episcopal church and Jewish organization have professional mental health services). That's something for people to look into, if available. In both cases their services are available to anyone in need, regardless of their religious affiliation or lack thereof. I've heard of similar through Catholic Charities. I also think that in some places YMCA/YWCA's might offer similar.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) offices can sometimes provide consumers with help finding services. You can find your local NAMI office at https://www.nami.org/Find-Your-Local-NAMI Some NAMI offices are much more helpful and responsive than others.

Last edited by Anonymous46341; Mar 15, 2018 at 05:16 PM.