It was much cheaper for me to get a 3-month supply of meds through a mail-order pharmacy than to go to a regular pharmacy every month. He did not want me to have more than a month's worth of medication on hand because of history of suicidal impulsivity, so he went an extra mile: allowed me to order through the mail but kept the medications in his office, giving me portions every month. It was not his job to worry about my monetary expenditures nor to keep my meds but he did it for me.

Non-psychiatric advice he gave me was always spot on. He reviewed everything that I was taking, including supplements, and decided that I need Vitamin D for general health. He told me to run it by the GP, though. She agreed with him, so I now take Vit D. But it was not his job - it was her job to review everything that I was taking. The GP did not do her job. Likewise, he recommended a high-protein carb-resctricted diet, but wanted me to run it by my endocrinologist first. What did the endocrinologist say? Eat a high-protein carb-restricted diet. So now I know that he keeps abreast of research outside of psychiatry. And that's what I want: a doctor with good general knowledge that goes beyond psychiatry. The last doctor that I saw was on-call. He prescribed Amitriptyline for me (he admitted that it was his first prescription for Amitriptyline - a very old drug - in 10 years), expressing hope that the drug would kill two birds for me - help with sleep and prevent migraines. This is the kind of thinking I am looking for: knowledge in areas outside psychiatry - in my case, in neurology.