My last psychiatrist told me at my first appointment that she was not a therapist or counsellor and that she did not have the time to listen to my problems. She told me her primary function was to prescribe medication best suited to helping with "those problems". Needless to say, the last time I saw her was more than a year ago when she administered shock therapy because none of the medication she prescribed worked. The shock therapy didn't work either for that matter.

It will be a long, long time before I visit a psychiatrist again.