Well... unfortunately... based on my own experience... I'd have to say your experience with your psychiatrist is pretty typical. My own psychiatrist (whom I no longer see) at one point put me on Lamictal & never even mentioned the possibility of Lamictal rash which can sometimes morph into a life-threatening condition. I subsequently developed the rash. And when I called in to his assistant to ask if she thought my rash could be related to the Lamictal, she told me she didn't think it was anything to worry about. It was my general practice doctor who recognized what was happening & sent me right away to a dermatologist who took me off of the Lamictal "cold turkey". (Fortunately I had only been on it a short time.)

I'm afraid I don't really know how one goes about finding good mental health help without hospitalization. Actually I've been hospitalized twice in the past. And, based on the experiences I had those times, I'd have to say that being in the hospital didn't really result in any improvement in the level of care either. Having said that though, here are links to 3 articles, from PsychCentral's archives, that may be of some help:

https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do...-psychiatrist/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/bipol...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/blog/9-habi...psychiatrists/

My best wishes to you...