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Is Your Therapist Using Skype and Billing Your Insurance Illegally?

Many therapists are already using technology to extend their reach online, but aren't being honest with the insurance companies about the location of the services they bill. Telehealth services, that is, online therapy, online counseling, Internet therapy, etherapy, webtherapy, Skype therapy – all these terms mean the same thing, and they typically require a special...

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7 Tips for Dealing with Mail & Avoiding Clutter

Stacks of unopened mail can not only be a symptom of depression, but they can also make tending to paperwork more depressing. Stacks of mail only make clutter worse. Here are some ways to nip this problem in the bud, and prevent it from getting the best of you emotionally. 1. Toss the junk. This is the first and the ESSENTIAL step to managing incoming mail: trash it. I stand next to a...

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Mental Health Parity Act is Signed into Law

This new law is substantial. It is a significant step toward ending codified insurance discrimination against people seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. How will it help you? Insurance companies have a history of arbitrarily limiting the number of hospital days or outpatient treatment sessions, or assign higher co-payments or deductibles for those in need of...

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Want FREE Special Report about Teens & MySpace?

We now have Dr. Rosen's secrets revealed in print- well, actually we have a beautifully typed the transcript of his , outcomes of his intensive research involving over 2,500 teens and 1,000 parents. You can get a Special Report based on Dr. Maheu's interview with Dr. Rosen in September of 2008. This Special Report gives you insider information about teens and social networking websites,...

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SelfhelpMagazine FREE Podcast Library Is Now Launched!! Our First Podcast is with Dr. Rosen as He Discusses Teens, MySpace & Facebook

Do you prefer your information in AUDIBLE form? We are happy to Announce the Grand Opening of our new Podcast Library! Ta-da!! Our first podcast (MP3 download) is an excerpt of Dr. Maheu's highly applauded interview with Dr. Rosen in his discussion of what's happening with teens on social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook. In this podcast. Dr. Rosen gives you insider...

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Historic Day: Congress Passes Mental Health Parity Bill

Wednesday, Sep 24 (SelfhelpMagazinel) — More than a decade of being stalled has come to an end.A  Congress passed a bill yesterday that provides for equal treatment of mental health, alcohol and substance abuse disorders, lowering insurance co-payments and raising benefit limits for treatments of these disorders so as to make them equal to the limits for standard surgical and medical...

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