Posted by chiron on January 19, 2007, at 20:33:02
In reply to ECT problems, posted by med_empowered on January 19, 2007, at 14:15:57
Just as a point of interest, I use to be an insurance underwriter, and the top claimants were never due to mental illness - and certainly not ECT. Drugs represent about 20% of the overall medical expense (which is of course a lot higher than it use to be).
But I do agree that it is awfully expensive, especially when part of it goes to your medical out-of-pocket and part of it goes to your mental-health out-of-pocket. Those insurance bastards :)
And again, my opinion of ECT is positive. I am still freakin smart :) Kitty Dukakis also has positive things to say in her new book "Shocked."
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