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Pissed off?
Maybe it's your insurance company.
A Maryland psychiatrist thinks it might be.
Writing in the current issue of Psychiatric Times, Dr. Carol Paris lays out the diagnostic criteria for something she calls Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder (PIISD).
Pissed off?
Maybe it's your insurance company.
A Maryland psychiatrist thinks it might be.
Writing in the current issue of Psychiatric Times, Dr. Carol Paris lays out the diagnostic criteria for something she calls Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder (PIISD).
"Mental illness can sometimes be triggered by abnormalities of brain
chemistry," Dr. Paris said. "But in this case it's triggered by outside
forces - in particular, large corporations."
Dr. Paris lays out four criteria for diagnosing PIISD.
Criteria A: The person has been exposed to a traumatic insurance-induced event in which both of the following have been present:
Criterion B: The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in one (or more) of the following ways:
Criterion C: Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the
trauma and numbing of general responsiveness, as indicated by three or
more of the following:
Criterion D: Persistent symptoms of increased arousal, as indicated by two or more of the following:
Criterion E: The disturbance causes clinically significant distress
or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning.
Dr. Paris warns in the article that "this diagnosis is not currently reimbursed by health insurance carriers."
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Pissed off?
Maybe it's your insurance company.
A Maryland psychiatrist thinks it might be.
Writing in the current issue of Psychiatric Times, Dr. Carol Paris lays out the diagnostic criteria for something she calls Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder (PIISD).
"Mental illness can sometimes be triggered by abnormalities of brain
chemistry," Dr. Paris said. "But in this case it's triggered by outside
forces - in particular, large corporations."
Dr. Paris lays out four criteria for diagnosing PIISD.
Criteria A: The person has been exposed to a traumatic insurance-induced event in which both of the following have been present:
Criterion B: The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in one (or more) of the following ways:
Criterion C: Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the
trauma and numbing of general responsiveness, as indicated by three or
more of the following:
Criterion D: Persistent symptoms of increased arousal, as indicated by two or more of the following:
Criterion E: The disturbance causes clinically significant distress
or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning.
Dr. Paris warns in the article that "this diagnosis is not currently reimbursed by health insurance carriers."
Pissed off?
Maybe it's your insurance company.
A Maryland psychiatrist thinks it might be.
Writing in the current issue of Psychiatric Times, Dr. Carol Paris lays out the diagnostic criteria for something she calls Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder (PIISD).
"Mental illness can sometimes be triggered by abnormalities of brain
chemistry," Dr. Paris said. "But in this case it's triggered by outside
forces - in particular, large corporations."
Dr. Paris lays out four criteria for diagnosing PIISD.
Criteria A: The person has been exposed to a traumatic insurance-induced event in which both of the following have been present:
Criterion B: The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in one (or more) of the following ways:
Criterion C: Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the
trauma and numbing of general responsiveness, as indicated by three or
more of the following:
Criterion D: Persistent symptoms of increased arousal, as indicated by two or more of the following:
Criterion E: The disturbance causes clinically significant distress
or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning.
Dr. Paris warns in the article that "this diagnosis is not currently reimbursed by health insurance carriers."