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Old Apr 30, 2015, 03:03 PM
AncientMelody AncientMelody is offline
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Originally Posted by cavaliers View Post
IMHO a psychologist who is your T is less likely to pass out drugs then a psychiatrist. I live in the first state to implement that law. The T has to work w the person on drugs and knows more about what's going on w client. U see a surgeon for surgery, u see a psychiatrist for drugs. That's their job. And they usually make the decision on what drugs, doseage, how long u should be on them in what, a 15 minute evaluation. If u are after drugs, a lot easier to fake a 15 minute eval. Dr shopping has dropped significantly here which I think is great for the people who honestly need prescription help.
Not always the case. My psychiatrist has longer appointments and is good about looking at the overall factors in a person's mental health: their nutrition, sleep schedule, exercise, life stressors.