To give you a glimpse into your “name buddy” Austria:
Waiting time for a therapist which is completely covered by insurance is counted in years, and if you choose one of the therapists which are not completely covered, you pay somewhere between 100-150€/h and get refunded 30€/h after getting it approved.
This leaves me personally with a hole in my pocket of 300-375€ depending on the month, which is my second largest expense after rent.
If you’re on NDIS, you may be able to get psychology covered by that. But that’s a long shot, as 1) it’s hard to get on NDIS and 2) you have to be eligible to get psychotherapy funding. source: Getting psychology through NDIS
Maybe true for teeth, but to say it’s not better for brains just shows you’ve never had to spend time in a ward in either country. Keeping in mind that you can get sectioned in the US and come out of it with tens of thousands of medical debt when you had no choice in the matter.
I am going to guess you are from New Zealand?
Australia, but the same is true for basically every developed country apart from the US to varying degrees.
To give you a glimpse into your “name buddy” Austria:
Waiting time for a therapist which is completely covered by insurance is counted in years, and if you choose one of the therapists which are not completely covered, you pay somewhere between 100-150€/h and get refunded 30€/h after getting it approved.
This leaves me personally with a hole in my pocket of 300-375€ depending on the month, which is my second largest expense after rent.
Uhhh mental health care is bloody expensive.
10 rebated sessions a year ain’t shit, and an actual diagnosis can cost thousands and thousands.
Australia is barely any better than America when it comes to teeth and brains.
If you’re on NDIS, you may be able to get psychology covered by that. But that’s a long shot, as 1) it’s hard to get on NDIS and 2) you have to be eligible to get psychotherapy funding. source: Getting psychology through NDIS
Maybe true for teeth, but to say it’s not better for brains just shows you’ve never had to spend time in a ward in either country. Keeping in mind that you can get sectioned in the US and come out of it with tens of thousands of medical debt when you had no choice in the matter.