Well, they are doctors and generally are the physicians who prescribe and monitor medications, so I suppose you can call them "pill pushers" (seems derogatory to me, but you may not mean it that way).

No, most psychiatrists don't do therapy; they defer to therapists who are much more affordable and have more availability for that kind of treatment. Psychiatrist appointments do tend to be in the neighborhood of 10-20 minutes because, honestly, it doesn't take terribly long to go over how medications are working once the initial intake has been done. Their medical appointments last pretty much the same amount of time as any other medical appointments I have. It is rare for any physician to spend much longer than that amount of time for a routine visit (and psychiatric medication check-ups are very routine appointments). If more time is needed because of a crisis or complications, my pdoc will take more time as he needs to, but that isn't needed terribly often.

My husband's pdoc DOES do some therapy, although not as intensive as his regular sessions with his therapist. His pdoc appointments run more towards 30-45 minutes as she does more "therapy" in her sessions.

It depends on the pdoc and their preference/technique, etc.