Luckily for me, he isn't my psychiatrist! I hope that telehealth continues to be a prominent thing because it's very convenient for a small-town person like I am, and availability and diversity of provider. It's slim pickings in a small town after all. I don't forsee an event where I have to see this particular doctor, but I was curious everyone's thoughts!

I agree with all of you, if his view on the particular disorder is that isn't real -- best to steer clear, but like sapien said, perhaps its more nuanced than that. I proposed perhaps he sees part of another collective. For example -- there are people who subscribe to the idea mood disorders are all on the same spectrum, and we may fall anywhere. Most practitioners I know will isolate bipolar disorder and distinct, maybe he doesn't? In the end, he is treating her symptoms. Depression with an antidepressant. Anxiety with a benzo, psychosis with an antipsychotic. Everything is a means to an end anyway. You target a diagnosis to better isolate medicines to help with specific symptoms. He's essentially doing the latter without he former it seems. I don't want to discredit a guy whose has dedicated his time to the profession because of my lack of knowing his rationale. But again, for my own sake of mind, I'd probably steer clear of him too.