Hello, is there anyone here from Brazil? I was just wondering how mental patients in this country are doing. Like how much do medications cost and what type of health care there is.
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Immediately the most offensive joke popped into my mind. Nothing racial though. People from Brazil with schizophrenia might even find it funny but I won’t take that chance.
I think @DelusionalSoldier is from Brazil
Hello, @BlackWolf885! I’m from Brazil. Are you Brazilian too?
Medicines are a bit expensive here.
Hello, no, I’m Bulgarian, but I want to know more about the health care system in Brazil. I live in Germany and here the medications are very cheap under the health care system. I want to move to Brazil or Portugal, and that’s why I’m learning Portuguese right now. I don’t like it here in Germany, because the weather sucks, it’s always dark, cold and depressing.
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I can’t remember the exact costs of my medicines, but a box of 30 capsules of aripiprazole 10 mg costs around to R$ 350. It’s around to U$ 85.
Good psychiatrists charge around to R$ 350 too (U$ 85). Good psychologists charge around to R$ 200 for each session (U$ 50 each session).
I would say you would have a cost of around R$ 1850 (U$ 447) a month with mental health here in Brazil (if we consider buying two boxes of antipsychotics, monthly psychiatrist and 4 sessions with a psychologist).
The problem here is that our wage is very low. A regular job with no degree requirement pays just around to R$ 1200 (U$ 290). But if you have an engineering degree, you may earn R$ 4000 (U$ 1000).
Edit: fortunately, I use just half a box of aripiprazole a month, consult with my psychiatrist each 2 months and I’m not going to therapy, so I have a cost of just R$ 350 a month with mental health (U$ 85).
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