Still on my journey to find a psychiatrist. I got a name from another doctor. Here was I found on this psychiatrist's website:
- He only works 2 Wednesdays a month for 12pm to 4pm each day. I see that he is a professor at a medical school so I assume he spends the rest of his time there.
- He states that he only sees patients short-term. He says his goal is to ultimately have you return to the care of a primary care physician.
- His initial evaluation/consultation is $325 for one hour. Subsequent appointments are 30 minutes and are $170.
- He says he doesn't prescribe medication during the initial consultation visit, but only in the follow-up appointments. That means waiting two weeks after the initial consultation to return and talk about medication.
How does this sound to you all? Does the fact that he only sees patients once every 2 weeks for 4 hours mean he is not as interested in helping patients and more interested in teaching? Like this is just a means getting additional income? Is it strange he insists on only seeing patients short-term? Does that also indicate he is not interested in helping?