Posted by alohashirt on January 27, 2006, at 20:59:21
In reply to Psychiatrists who don't have time to talk, posted by ed_uk on January 25, 2006, at 9:55:44
When I was diagnosed with adhd I think I spent about 75mins with my psychiatrist. AFter that the two weekly visits took 15-20 mins. Once the med was stabilized I met monthly and typically
10 mins, which was fine with me. Maybe its a New York City thing but it really doesn't take me ten minutes to describe symptoms. side effects and have some random questions
answered. A more verbose doc would drive me nuts.> Am I missing something here? I was always under the impression that psychiatrists were supposed to TALK to their patients. I keep hearing of 'meds only' psychiatrists who apparantly perform 10 minute 'med checks'. Would someone please tell me how a psychiatrist is supposed to choose an appropriate medication if they haven't even talked to their patient for long enough to understand what their problem is?
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