I've been invited to make a presentation to my local university medical school about wait times for in-community psychiatric resources. It makes me wonder what kind of experiences you friends on the forum have of your own.

First it might be good to inform us of the procedure where you are and then your experience.

In Canada, one gets a psychiatrist on the referral of their family physician. The wait time is supposed to be no more than 4 weeks but it is taking 3-4mos in my region.

What are your experiences (this is outpatient services, not being assigned a doctor as an inpatient as a result of hospitalization).

thx