Posted by ed_uk2010 on November 17, 2011, at 12:06:32
In reply to Re: psychopharmacologist vs psychaitrist, posted by Christ_empowered on November 16, 2011, at 18:00:54
>Here where I live, all shrinks do is drugs. I mean, yes, they might talk to you briefly about your personal life, your past, etc. (more the older ones), but they're really about writing prescriptions.
Here, patients with severe psychiatric illness often see a team of workers. There may be a community psychiatric nurse (CPN), social worker, psychologist and a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is in charge. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work very well because patients do not get to see these people very often. Psychiatry does not appear to receive a lot of funding. Patients will less severe psychiatric illness will not get to see all these different people. They will be treated by a psychiatrist and GP, or just their GP. In the UK, you cannot normally go straight to a specialist like in some countries, you have to go via your GP.
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