Q - What does it cost to have he brain mapping done and your further treatments? Is it covered under health insurance like Blue Cross or BC Medical health services? My wife has suffered from Clinical Depression for three years and is on LTD unable to work. How can your treatment help? Her Psychiatrist recommends Electrical Convusive Therapy(ECT) How does your methods differ? How is one know which treatment to pursue?
A - For conditions not associated with brain injury the intake assessment is $180. Further treatments range from $105 to $170 per session depending on the level of service required. Generally, for conditions such as depression about 75% of the sessions are at $105 and the remaining 25% are between $130 and $170. We treat many forms of depression and our success rate is good. The procedure we follow is to determine the exactly nature and location of the inefficiency in brain functioning that is the basis of the depression and then do neurotherapy to correct those inefficiencies. Long term depressed clients also require some adjunctive therapy such as cognitive therapy. Our treatments are not in any way related to ECT. The best way to determine the efficiency of the various treatment options is to do your own research on the internet. The relevant information on neurotherapy can be found on my web-site, and on the web-sites of the professional organizations, in particular www.isnr.org and www.aapb.org. Our services are covered under most extended health policies up to the limit of your policy for a registered clinical psychologist. Costs in excess of your policy cap (limit) are tax deductible medical expenses. |
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Q - Hi, I am a 51 year old woman from Alberta. I have a history of depression that I refused to be medicated for, as I am able to function well most of the time, and the depression and mind fog is only bad for about a week or so every month. I have in the past 30 years, been on medication for a few months at a time, but could not stay with it once I got feeling better. As a child I suffered being molested several times and as a teen and young women I displayed very high risk behavior. I have sorted through many of these issues of the past and do not know if the depression is related still to that. The depression, for the week and a bit that I have it is very troublesome in that I isolate, and the mind freeze-ups are causing problems with my continuing education. I take Synthroid for an under active thyroid, and am also on Apo-medroxy and Premarin (which I hate taking). The question that I have for you is how long would it take to get in to see you and how long would I have to stay in BC for? Does your treatment help with menopause? I am a student and have no health care coverage besides Alberta Health Care. Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.
A - I note that you are in Alberta and fortunately there are several very good neurotherapists in your Province. In Calgary Dr. Stuart Donaldson (403-225-0900) and in Edmonton Dr. Hoerst Mueller (780-423-6633). I recommend you contact one of these two individuals and discuss treatment possibilities. |
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Q - What happens if the treatments do not work or help with any of my symptoms? I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 17, and I am still kind of skeptical as to how this can change that?
A - One of the advantages of neurotherapy is that you do not have to go through many treatments to discover that it is not working for you. Noticeable improvements are generally experienced within five or so sessions so you know you are on the correct therapeutic path. Chronic bipolar conditions are difficult to correct so you should expect to need thirty or so sessions to correct the problem but, again, you should notice positive benefits of treatment after about five sessions. |
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Q - I am a 20 year old female and have recently been promoted at my office job of almost a year to the customer service role. I have been doing this role for about 4 months now but I have been working in office jobs for the past 2 years straight. Since getting this promotion, I've changed so significantly my boyfriend is asking me to get help as it's putting a strain on our relationship. I'm very irritable and my moods can change at the drop of a hat when I'm at home. I cry easily over silly things. I would rather go to bed at 8pm than sit up doing "nothing" in my opinion. I have so little friends and the friends I have kept, I very rarely see. I don't go out much; if and when I do it takes a lot to actually get me to WANT to go to the event. I get angry at my boyfriend for the smallest and simplest of things and as I said before, it's taking it's toll on the relationship. My question(s) is this: I'm wondering if this type of treatment can help me or if I'm delusional in thinking I'm depressed (do I simply need to quit my job because of the stress level??) My boyfriend thinks that working in an office environment for so long at such a young age has made me have the "maturity level of a 35 year old and need to make friends my own age" Basically, should I make an appointment to try and treat this depression, should I go to my doctor and discuss this with him, or is it something as simple as quitting my job and working part time at a restaurant where I can meet people at my age level...? Sorry it's a lot of information but I just want to be sure before I try and tackle this problem. Thanks so much in advance for your help!
A - Without an assessment of brain activity it is difficult to offer more than a guess about your situation. There are several possibilities. First, it is possible that you have a condition that is associated with poor stress tolerance. If this is the case then the added stress of your new and challenging situation may be overwhelming and in turn triggering other predispositions such as depression or emotional volatility. These conditions are neurological predispositions and can be treated with neurotherapy. The condition associated with poor stress tolerance also can be associated with fatigue, poor sleep and anxiety. These conditions can be negatively synergic in the sense that poor quality sleep exacerbates the poor stress tolerance which in turn further degrades sleep. The first step is to have a brain assessment to determine the neurological conditions that are problematic and review some of the psychological variables that may also be contributing to your difficulties. After the intake brain assessment we can determine the exact nature of the problem and develop a treatment program. It may also be that you simply don't like the situation you found yourself in and hence there would be no neurological condition. This would also be apparent after you have the brain assessment. |
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