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Category Archives: COVID-19
Mental Illness Awareness Week October 2-8, 2022: What I Wish I Had Known
Nearly 50 million American adults live with a mental health condition and more than half do not receive treatment. Over the past couple of years the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the current mental health crisis and increased the number of people looking for support.The National Alliance on Mental Illness (“NAMI”) has put together the following […]
HELP WITH LONG-COVID CLAIMS
The pandemic has taught us that the world has changed with COVID. Those trying to recover from this deadly disease are navigating a new world with medical practitioners who are unfamiliar with the long-lasting side effects and insurers who have never been receptive to conditions which cannot be measured by an x-ray or “dipstick.”“Long COVID” […]
COVID, Long-COVID, and the Importance of COVID-19 Testing
Much has been written about “Long COVID” and people suffering as “COVID Long Haulers,”but still, too little is known about the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection.As of this writing, according to the CDC, there have been 92 million cases of Coronavirus infection in the United States, with the rate of infection running at about […]
New California Law Goes into Effect Today Reducing Wait Times for Access to Mental Health Services
In October 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) legislation, SB 221, which requires health plans and insurers to provide patients with timely follow-up care for mental health issues and substance use disorders. That law goes into effect today – July 1, 2022.Previous laws in California required Health Maintenance Organizations (“HMOs”) and insurers […]
May 12th is World ME/CFS Day
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) – also called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) – is a serious and often permanent health condition characterized mostly by constant exhaustion and chronic pain. Although this condition is diagnosed hundreds of thousands of times per year in the United States, it is still not well understood. It is hardy even talked about […]
Together for Mental Health
May has been selected as an awareness month to provide education and support for Mental Health.Millions of people are affected by mental illness each year. While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health. Recognizing the increasing number of people […]
Farmers Insurance Called to Task on Homeowner Underinsurance Claims
Farmers Insurance Called to Task on Homeowner Underinsurance ClaimsMost homeowner insurance companies in California have been avoiding responsibility for often massive underinsurance in their customer’s policies, in the wake of wildfires, by saying that it is up to the insured to select policy limits. Underinsurance has been an issue long enough that now some customers […]
We are NOT OK!!! We are NOT DOING ENOUGH!!!
The COVID Pandemic has forced all of us to embrace the concept of uncertainty. Like a child’s snow globe, we have been stirred and shaken, our mental health care system sent a flurry. We are far from settled.We are not ok!!! We are not doing enough!!!The unwelcome guest, Year Two of the COVID pandemic, is […]
Shadow Pandemic: Eating Disorders In the time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in the prevalence and severity of eating disorders (ED) worldwide. Although eating disorders were already on the rise, The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) reported a 70-80% increase in calls and messages to their helpline during some months of the pandemic.1,3 In one large Canadian study, the number […]
