Posted by saint james on February 16, 2000, at 23:51:54
In reply to Re: Psychopharmocologists v Psychiatrists. , posted by Noa on February 16, 2000, at 17:48:36
> I may be wrong, but, here is my understanding:
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> Psychopharmocology is a subspecialty of psychiatry.
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> A psychiatrist might do both therapy and psychopharmJames here....
Psychiatrists receive little training in therapy and I would never pay 1 dollar to do therapy with one unless they could prove they were trained in this. To all my Pdoc's credit all have been upfront about this.... "feel free to talk or call me about any problem you are having, I am here to help, but I am a medical doc and will need to refer you to a talk person if you need on going help of a non medical nature" Nor are Pdoc well trained in neurology, which makes no sence as
this is the system they are treating. To me a psychopharmocoligist is someone well trained in neurology and the meds used to treat mental illness and a psyshatrist is a generalist. However there is no board certification for Psychopharmocologists, just as a psychiatrist, so any Psychiatrist can call themself a Psychopharmocologist.To me a Psychopharmocologist someone who has experience in treating hard to treat cases. AS there is no standard for who uses what term so it really means little in true qualifications.
james
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