martha
Blue Crack Supplier
I think that one of the problems is that so many people are patients with HMOs. I know that Kaiser (which is run by Satan himself) doesn't have child psychiatrists on staff. This is a major problem when dealing with children with major disorders. Like Sweetest Thing said, GPs shouldn't be dealing with these problems; they're not trained and experienced, yet frequently they're the only ones available. The HMO rules won't let specialists see patients without referrals, and the GPs can't or won't give referrals for specialists. Meanwhile, unhappy, ill people don't get the care they need.