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I need to choose a psychiatrist for researching my mental health and diagnosis. The problem is that I do not speak English. I was looking for doctors who speak my language, but I did not find anyone. I thought I could take a translator, so maybe I will go to an English-speaking doctor.
But I don’t know anything about getting medical care in the USA. I do not have insurance and I have a low salary. I need only a couple of sessions with the doctor so that he determines what happened to me and prescribed me medications. I will be engaged in psychotherapy (psychoanalyst) on Skype with a person who speaks my language, so I need only a doctor, a psychiatrist, who will diagnose and prescribe medications. In my home country, I was given a schizoaffective disorder. There were suspicions of schizoid disorder and schizophrenia. I need a doctor who knows how to work with psychoses. Because I had a history of hallucinations and delusion. Please help, where to look for a specialist? I would be grateful if you explain how the payment goes. If a doctor says one price on a web page, it means that you come and give this price at one time (and no more bills come to you?) |
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Hello vlskn: I'm sorry I am not able to answer your questions. (Perhaps other PC members will have some suggestions they can offer.) However I noticed this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to Psych Central.
![]() Here's a link to an article, from Psych Central's archives, on how to find a good psychiatrist: How Do I Find a Good Psychiatrist? Also here's a link to a website that includes a search function for finding a psychiatrist: Find a Psychiatrist ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Vlskn,
Are you, by any chance, a university student? Also, it might help us to know what your native language is.
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Hi, you should be able to go to a community health clinic. They will charge you most likely on a sliding scale based on how much income you make. You will most likely pay that copay every time you have an appointment.
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Teaching universities make it a point of listing the languages its providers speak. I don't know where you live, but look for a teaching hospital nearest you and tell them your need. At our psychiatric teaching hospital physicians languages are listed.
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If you want medications, you will be required to see the doctor as long as you want to keep taking those medications. A doctor is not going to refill prescriptions if you stop seeing them.
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