Posted by saintjames on September 5, 1999, at 16:19:54
In reply to Psycho-Babble national directory of expert p-docs?, posted by Stephan on September 5, 1999, at 11:17:28
> I am also (again) in the process of finding a truly expert psychiatrist experienced in treating treatment-resistant depression. I live in a major metro area (Minneapolis-St. Paul), but have so far not been able to find a psychiatrist even remotely as skilled as Ivan Goldberg, Dr. Bob and other posters to psychopharmacology tips.
James here....
I would guess liability and other issues make it hard for Dr. Bob to post such a list. The question of what qualifies a doc in this area is a sticky one. Try these ideas:
1) ask you primary doc
2) Use the internet, You might do a new post asking if anybody knows of someone good in your area, on this board. Join some list-serves and ask this question.
3) Call the local mental hospitals and ask for the head nurse. Ask him/her who they would recommend for a member of their family with complex problems. Wording it this way often gets around the "I can't advise people about their problems if they are not a patient here" problemIf it were me, I would do #3 first , then run the names by your primary. Good luck, and let us know your progress.
james
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