How do you pay for your sessions?
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blue-roses
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Tomorrow I'm going to see a GP and hopefully get that Medicare thing, which will pay $115 of each session (they're $160 a pop and I've had one so far, for which I had to pay out of my own scholarship money! Well...I didn't have to, but I feel bad making my parents pay for it.)
ForthDimension
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I had mine on one of those Mental Health plans that give you 12 visits per year. Depending on the psychologist you see, you either pay nothing, or the gap which was like $10. Your GP can also request an additional 6 more visits after your first 12 for extreme cases.
blue-roses
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I went to the psychologist after apparently getting the Medicare plan and still paid $160...WHY? I'm really angry, lol. Do I have to actually go to Medicare afterwards and get the money back? (Please God no; I can't stand going in there...)
scarletlee
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A few years ago I went to my GP about my anxiety. I found out that there is a government funded program called the Better Outcome Scheme. This enables GP’s to refer patients to 12 annual sessions with a Psychologist (2 blocks of 6 sessions) for free. I had 12 CBT sessions with no charge. My doctor told me that unfortunately many GP’s do not utilise this program and there for all these free sessions go to waste largely because nobody is told about the program. So if anyone out there would like help but cannot afford a therapist, ask your GP about the Better Outcome Scheme 
ForthDimension
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I got put on a mental health care plan, and it's free...does that mean I'm whacked or something?
yus it means we are mental
I hate that they regard social anxiety as a mental heath problem.
Jake123
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A few years ago I went to my GP about my anxiety. I found out that there is a government funded program called the Better Outcome Scheme. This enables GP’s to refer patients to 12 annual sessions with a Psychologist (2 blocks of 6 sessions) for free. I had 12 CBT sessions with no charge. My doctor told me that unfortunately many GP’s do not utilise this program and there for all these free sessions go to waste largely because nobody is told about the program. So if anyone out there would like help but cannot afford a therapist, ask your GP about the Better Outcome Scheme
lol, I wouldn't trust anything with the word "Scheme" in it...
Flo
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yus it means we are mental
actually, its good tht they regard SAD as a mental health problem b/c then they may take it more seriously... here (U.S.), mental illness is regarded a more of a personal problem, thus not taken very seriously...Medicaid won't cover alot of services (such as psychiatric medication or therapeutic services) and are not covered on their formularies. Thus implying their lack of importance, which makes ppl not want to seek help for their mental disabilities.
Emma
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yus it means we are mental
Hmm I guess that's why he always goes "hehehe" when I come in and asks if I feel ok in the head
ForthDimension
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Hmm I guess that's why he always goes "hehehe" when I come in and asks if I feel ok in the head
lol
i hate it. My old psych would talk to me as if i were a mental patient. I remember one day walking into her office and i was off balance and dizzy. She said in her sarcastic tone "YESSSSSS ITSSSS THEEEE ANXIEETYYYYY"
Next day i went to the dr and was diagnosed with Labyrithitis - which is an infection in the inner ear that causes dizzyness.
I go to see a councellor every 2 weeks or so & I see a psychiatrist every 6mnths or so. & its all for free. Although the councellors are not psychiartrists but they are still good people & understand & help you deal with SA.
I wasted like $1000 going to a psychiatrist & it was only 8 or so sessions but until I found this.
If anyones interested its run by the government I think, called
- Northern Sydney Central Coast NSW Health
http://www.nscchealth.nsw.gov.au/
I go to one of the branches listed here:
NSH Intranet - Area Mental Health
Weird name I know but I think you can look up(on their website) where the closest branch to where u live is. You just go in & say I want to "join"/start councelling, you fill out a form & then you make an appointment.
I wasted like $1000 going to a psychiatrist & it was only 8 or so sessions but until I found this.
If anyones interested its run by the government I think, called
- Northern Sydney Central Coast NSW Health
http://www.nscchealth.nsw.gov.au/
I go to one of the branches listed here:
NSH Intranet - Area Mental Health
Weird name I know but I think you can look up(on their website) where the closest branch to where u live is. You just go in & say I want to "join"/start councelling, you fill out a form & then you make an appointment.
Flowers-Of-Bloom
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Yeah, you have to claim the Medicare rebate, unless you can find a bulk-billing psychologist. I have to do the same.
Hmm I guess that's why he always goes "hehehe" when I come in and asks if I feel ok in the head
Whoever these psychologists are, they don't sound very professional. But, yes. Social Anxiety Disorder is certainly a mental illness, and nothing less. It doesn't mean you're "crazy" (psychotic).
Everyone is a little mentally ill... just some more than others. [/offtopic]