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In Ontario, a battle for the soul of psychiatry
Sunday, April 7th, 2019
The ministry’s proposed new approach, modelled on U.S.-style, managed care, is designed to limit the type and amount of treatment individual patients will receive, regardless of their presenting symptoms… If it goes through, it will be the biggest change in psychiatry in the history of the discipline in Canada, and turn psychiatrists from “treaters” into “consultants” who will diagnose patients in a single session, and make recommendations for others to follow, then wave goodbye.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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