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Dearth of psychiatrists limits spectrum of care in Montana
Marie Jackson moved to Lewistown in 2001. After several years, she needed a doctor to review the medications she was taking to treat her major depression.
The Medicare recipient needed psychiatric service, yet it took her several months to actually see a doctor.
“I called all the psychiatrists in Great Falls and Billings, and no one was available to take a patient,” she said. “I’m on Medicare. Medicaid (patients) have an even worse time. There is at least a three- to four-month wait for persons with referrals to even get in to see a psychiatrist.”
By JOHN HARRINGTON – Independent Record
Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2009/08/02/top/65lo_090802_mh4.txt
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