i feel this article is most beneficial for those of us on meds for MI. just me, anything short of my pdoc prescribing my meds can lead to problems. i know some people have no recourse but to see a gp, etc. but have known multiple people who have also gone this route with less than helpful results. this article may be helpful for those who question the benefits of seeing a pdoc for meds.
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by Jory Goodman, M.D.
DONT! That's my opinion in a word. Don't. Politely, please don't.
I'll make note again that 70% to 80% of psychotropic medication is prescribed by non-psychiatrist's: internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, family practitioners, dermatologists, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants. Just about everybody with a medical degree of some sort is much more ready to prescribe psych meds than to make a referral to a psychiatrist. No, not everybody, just most. Otherwise those percentages would be different.
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Certainly there are some quite capable internists and pediatricians who are
quite adept at psychiatric diagnosis and 1st tier psychopharmacology. Similarly there are some quite capable internists and pediatricians who won't go anywhere near psych meds and insist upon psychiatric consultations. The problem is that virtually all non-psychiatrists get all of their psychopharmacology “training” from pharmaceutical representatives who meet with them for a few minutes, bring them lunch, then leave samples and brochures. Not to say that many of these capable physicians haven't done some continuing education on psychiatry and psychopharmacology but how much is enough.
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. I do ask these patients two provocative questions: “do we you want your internist, pediatrician, gynecologist, endocrinologist, et al. to operate on your eyes? The answer usually is a horrified “of course not!” I then ask, “why do you let her/him operate on your brain with powerful mind altering psychotropic drugs with a plethora of neuropsychiatric and medical side effects and complications?” The answers to this one I won't quote.
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...-psychiatrists
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