If your insurance doesn't cover psychiatry what should you do if you are just going completely crazy?

Answer 1

1) Call your community resource line or local crisis clinic which are usually listed in the front of your telephone directory and ask for referrals.

2) Community clinics are usually free or on sliding scale fee. So are places like Catholic Community Services, and other religious centers. None focus on religion btw - it's their contribution to community service. Sliding scale is based on your income/ability to pay.

3) Visit this site and find your local NAMI office, they all have free group counseling sessions for specific disorders:

http://nami.org

4) Your family doctor can manage your medications but you will still be required to check in periodically with a psychiatrist to monitor your progress and dosing with the medication. If you need help paying for medications:

http://www.needymeds.com/

5) If you are feeling suicidal and are likely to harm yourself within the next day or two, voluntarily head to your local hospital's ER and check yourself into the psychiatric ward. Many hospitals have patient assistance programs that can help you pay the bill and while there you would get a thorough assessment of your situation by a team of doctors.

Answer 2

Crazy is an okay place to be, you just don't want to stay there a long time. Sometimes being crazy gives your mind a chance for a change of pace.
But you could try some "self help" books from a bookstore. Try to identify what is causing your "craziness" and select a book (s) dealing with that subject matter.
Psychiatry, on the downlow, is basically a "paid friend". They will only coax out of you what you already know is there, but are afraid to let it out.
Talk with your general practitioner who can prescribe something suitable for you to help get you through the hard part, then you can begin to heal yourself.

Answer 3

I suggest that the person should contact their local Council or Municipal offices as they often have local Community Health Centers that provide free or subsidised health services, including mental health/counsellling etc.

The other resource is your local Church/s in your district as they sometime provide counselling or will help pay for services.

Also some medical websites offer free "advice" from contributors - just check that the service is provided by a quallified practitioner, not just any hack webmaster wanting to be a self help guru!!

A visit to a local Doctor or even just calling your local Clinic may get more referrals to free or subsidised mental health services, too.

Answer 4

Go to an emergency department

Ring a help line

Talk with friends

Answer 5

Hmmmmm pay for it through cash?
or
Get better healthcare

Answer 6

punt

Answer 7

i dunno, i'd be too crazy to think of such stuff