Posted by emmanuel98 on November 10, 2012, at 19:22:22
In reply to Re: Idea 4 Mental Health Prof. Training » ChicagoKat, posted by brynb on November 10, 2012, at 8:54:08
My p-doc sees me for therapy and has for several years, despite the fact that he can make twice as much seeing 2-3 med patients in the time he sees me. He is a wonderful person. He does not suffer from mental illness and never has, but he is empathetic and has years of clinical experience. He also has never taken psych meds himself, but, again, he has over 40 years of clinical experience and is very sympathetic about side effects, withdrawal syndromes, what is and is not effective. He says the holy grail of psychiatry is to find a med that works without side effects. He is a big advocate of using CBT/DBT instead of, or in addition to, meds.
I don't know why people make such negative comments about psychiatrists on this board. Both he and almost all the others I've seen while hospitalized (i've been hospitalized four or five times) have been great, doing the very best they can given the limits of psych meds.
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