l as status can relate to some of them. Most likely, the first one to notice that a person may have a mental disorder is usually a friend or family member of that person. It is usually brought to the attention of the person that there may be a problem. Then if the person is lucky enough to have insurance through work or somewhere else, that person may seek treatment for said mental problems. The type of insurance and the amount of money available will severely affect this person in their treatment. This is an important inequality issue because it is up to the insurance company to make decisions for patients. Insurance companies or health care management (HMO) companies have the right to determine such key issues as which therapists their clients may see, they have the right to decide how much to spend on a session, a!
             nd the companies can control the number of sessions for which the client can be reimbursed for. (Manderstreid & Sonnenschein, 1992). This is really an unfair system since there are so many different types of disorders and so many different types of treatment. A trained professional could is really the only person who could possibly predict the type of therapy needed for an individual, yet the insurance company feels that they are capable of doing it for the patient.
             A persons' economic standing can play a role in the type of treatment given and the duration paid for by the insurance company. It seems pretty unfair that a person with extra money would have more choices when dealing with the insurance companies. The person who has the extra money could elect to pay for the treatment him or herself. Another option that a person with money has is they could purchase the "better" insurance. "Better" insurance would more likely put them in touch with better therapists and pay for lengthy expensive treatments. This is a very unfair practice; it is the poor who need the most care. The...