any time I have seen a psychiatrist in the past it has been for medication and or to do comprehensive psychological evaluations.

What happened was that the appointment was set up Then on the day of the appointment I went to the psychiatrists office building and waited in the lobby. the psychiatrist came to the lobby and introduced him/her self. then I followed the psychiatrist back to his/her office. in the office I sat down in a chair or on the couch and then the psychiatrist asked me questions and I answered his questions. if I was there for medication he/ she wrote out the prescription and gave me an appointment card for the follow up appointment to talk about how the medication was working and any side effects. If I was there for an evaluation the time that he/ she asked questions and I answered those questions is called the interview. after the einterview I was lead into a different room with a table and had to answer more questions for the IQ part of the test (math, history, short term memory skills and so on) then I was handed a booklet of a test th at would be sent out to be scored. when that was done I was given another booklet with more questions to answer and so on until the testing was done. Sometimes the testing was done all at once for 8 hours or more in one day and other times the tests were spaced out over a period of two weeks whith interviews each day and questionaires and computerized tests every day.

At the follow up for medication appointment I was asked questions about my taking the medication and how it was working and so on. then the psychiatrist would write another prescription of either the same medication and dosage or any adjustments that needed to be don't to the medication based on my answers to the psychiatrists questions.