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The treatments for schizophrenia have improved significantly over the past few decades, but many patients and their families are frustrated by having to pay a higher copay for seeing a psychiatrist than for seeing any other specialist. This is in part due to a long history of distinction between...
I agree that this has been a long time coming for those, including myself, who have a mental illness. It just seems bizarr that the insurance companies can pick and chose what they want to cover. After all, some people with schizophrenia take less medication that I do for my depression and anxiety. Ongoing severe symptoms usually require multiple medications. It's just a fact of the illness.