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Suggest Treatment For Severe Depression
My son needs to see a doctor for depression. I ve called hundreds of doctors in southern orange county no one is accepting new patients. We were told by our insurance and doctors the only way to get psychiatric treatment is going to ER. We visited 5 different doctors. No one could help us.
Mon, 30 Jan 2017
Hi.
It is really sad the way the medical system of such a developed country works, really sad. But unfortunately depression is not considered an emergency to be dealt with by the ER, this is really pathetic in my opinion. But the only way out is to fake something in order to grab the ER's attention, enough for them to recommend or fix an appointment with a psychiatrist for further management.
Best wishes.
It is really sad the way the medical system of such a developed country works, really sad. But unfortunately depression is not considered an emergency to be dealt with by the ER, this is really pathetic in my opinion. But the only way out is to fake something in order to grab the ER's attention, enough for them to recommend or fix an appointment with a psychiatrist for further management.
Best wishes.
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