When the muse goes on vacation

For the last several weeks it seems my muse has been away on vacation, or at least not urging me here. This happens sometimes. This blog is now seven years old and the likelihood that I will have something new and/or interesting to say every day or even three or four times a week has decreased. But some of this I realized as I thought about it this morning is what I see as a widening gap between what I do and believe in and what mainstream mental health is about these days. I read Mad in America regularly and I cheer on those who are advocating alternative treatment for those with serious mental illness.  I read articles like The Antidepressant Generation  which ran recently in the New York Times. Yes, yes and yes, I say again and again.  I still get email from readers who find me because of my writing about HBO’s In Treatment. People like Paul and the way he works with his patients. But they don’t see that he is not having to get insurance authorization or be concerned about which diagnosis will allow his patients to see him for as long as he and they believe is needed vs what the insurance company wants to pay for or what happens when a new year and having to again meet the deductible comes. They don’t see patients on multiple psychotropic drugs being seen for 15 minute medication checks. Or the delays in payments from insurance companies that most therapists accepting third party payment experience regularly. What they see is a basically good therapist ...
Source: Jung At Heart - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs