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I think psychiatry is really tricky and I would not be cut out for it. Think about it...these doctors are presented with a slew of symptoms and have to try and narrow it down and match it against what they know? I do believe there are inherent bias's in this field because some doctors want to say they have diagnosed all their patients and may not like the challenge of trying to figure a complicated case out. And some have their own area of specialty that they may be prone to looking at. I think a good psychiatrist is one who will not have the immediate answer figured out- at least not in whole. Obviously if a severely depressed patient shows up they will try medication but I think a good doctor will try and delve more into the mechanics of the depression to figure out if mood disorders, or clinical depression, ptsd, personality disorders etc are involved. And then again there are people who swear by their docs getting it right in 15 minutes and go on to live really well.
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