Comments on: Are Shopaholics Mentally Ill? http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-shopaholics-mentally-ill/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Mon, 21 May 2012 13:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-shopaholics-mentally-ill/comment-page-1/#comment-46510 Larry C. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:25:13 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5558#comment-46510 Interesting comment by Devon. It's in their self-interest to find mental illness everywhere. Interesting comment by Devon. It’s in their self-interest to find mental illness everywhere.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-shopaholics-mentally-ill/comment-page-1/#comment-46500 Joe S. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:44:37 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5558#comment-46500 I agree with Ken. I agree with Ken.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-shopaholics-mentally-ill/comment-page-1/#comment-46498 Devon Herrick Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5558#comment-46498 From a business standpoint it makes sense for the psychoanalysis industry to turn every common negative emotion or common self-destructive compulsion into a clinical condition. That way, when Obama and Congress force everyone to purchase comprehensive health coverage with no lifetime caps on benefits and with full mental health parity, the gravy train will officially pull into Psychology Station. In the view of many psychoanalysts, everyone could benefit from counseling and health insurance should cover the cost. Have a stressful day at work? Swing by your counselor's office on the way home to bend a sympathetic ear. Your kid doesn’t like to do his homework? There’s a medical condition to explain that as well. The range of conditions that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders includes is an example of why mental health parity is a costly benefit to tack on to health coverage. From a business standpoint it makes sense for the psychoanalysis industry to turn every common negative emotion or common self-destructive compulsion into a clinical condition. That way, when Obama and Congress force everyone to purchase comprehensive health coverage with no lifetime caps on benefits and with full mental health parity, the gravy train will officially pull into Psychology Station.

In the view of many psychoanalysts, everyone could benefit from counseling and health insurance should cover the cost. Have a stressful day at work? Swing by your counselor’s office on the way home to bend a sympathetic ear. Your kid doesn’t like to do his homework? There’s a medical condition to explain that as well.

The range of conditions that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders includes is an example of why mental health parity is a costly benefit to tack on to health coverage.

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-shopaholics-mentally-ill/comment-page-1/#comment-46497 Ken Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:15:57 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5558#comment-46497 Just shows how silly the shrink community has become. Just shows how silly the shrink community has become.

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