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Tuesday, March 8. 2011

Psychiatrists who don't want to talk to you

No, Virginia, there is not a little pill to fix everything that ails your heart and soul. It's the new fad, however. Your soul isn't troubled: you just have a little chemistry problem. Better living through chemistry!


In the New York Times, Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy.


It's not just about money. It's more complicated than that, but it's all very sad, in my opinion. I will not go into all of the reasons now other than to say that any doctor, Psychiatrist or not, who doesn't take the time to know you, and just wants to know your disease, isn't worth your time or your hard-earned money.


OK, now I'm depressed by my profession. Where's the pill for that?


 

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Medical, Our Essays, Psychology, and Dr. Bliss, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:47 | Comments (4) | Trackback (1)

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hmm...well one thing it's not: irony deficiency anemia.

:-)
#1 buddy larsen on 2011-03-08 22:49 (Reply)
After my wife died I had a few opportunities to talk to a psychiatrist. I talked, he listened, I talked some more, he listened and asked really good questions. It helped.

Your posts help. No professional fits the average of the profession. Thanks. To both of you.
#2 TYREE on 2011-03-09 01:11 (Reply)
Happy pills seem to be available on the internet. The anti-spam prevented me from posting the link ;-)

No Rx required.

My wife prefers chocolate.
#3 EarlW on 2011-03-09 13:00 (Reply)
It's not that psychiatrists won't talk to you but that many are no longer doing talk therapy because their time isn't being properly compensated by insurance companies. For that matter, neither will your internist or your neurosurgeon. But like other doctors, your psychiatrist will take the time to understand your problems and recommend the best course of action.

Talk therapy can be done by a psychiatrist but it can also be done by other professionals such as psychologists and clinical social workers.

Read the article before saying inaccurate things.
#4 barney on 2011-03-29 10:18 (Reply)

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