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Originally Posted by LaborIntensive
Well this makes me sort of angry. My psychologist is charging a boat load of money for paper tests I could have done at home but instead I sat in his office for 7 hours for testing and then a one hour meeting with him. I have to go back tomorrow for 2 hours of talk. I thought he would be "one stop shop" and I could get diagnosed, meds if needed and have him on my side in case I need to go to SSI for a claim.
Any ideas you can offer me on this?
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Only psychologists can administer such tests
and interpret them. You're not simply paying to fill out work sheets; the tests require interpretation and application, and it requires very specialized training to be able to do this. The time you will spend with him debriefing the results is a fraction of the time he will spend on your file.
Currently, only physicians and some other medical personnel can write scripts (there has been a movement to extend those privileges to psychologists, but it's very controversial and I don't know where it stands right now). If you needed heart surgery, I doubt you would want your GP to do it, so I don't see why mental health should be viewed as lacking in special areas of expertise.