Posted by LostBoyinNC on June 27, 2000, at 10:48:00
In reply to Re: Ignorant but with the power to prescribe, posted by JohnL on June 27, 2000, at 4:57:28
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> Regardless of age, I think what really matters is how passionate the physician is with his/her work. Have you ever noticed that people who are in love with their work in any profession are also the ones that tend to shine above the others? Passion. That's a good quality to look for. A pdoc who is passionate with what they do will automatically be up with the latest research, be thinking of how to improve things, even during off time. And of course, know the technicals of every drug fluently.I agree, if a Pdoc has passion he is probably OK...providing he is not anti-medication. Depends on what he is passionate about. Some of these psychiatrists are quite passionate about old style talk therapy and are passionately anti-med. Others are anti-med but more subtle about it cause they have learned to keep their mouths shut. But if you go to them long enough you will figure it out on your own that they are anti-med/pro talk therapy basically.
Any psychiatrist these days, in the year 2000, who is anti-med and tilts towards talk therapy for severe forms of mental illness is a bad Pdoc. Period...end of sermon. These types of psychiatrists need to be run out of business. If they want to do talk therapy they should have become psychologists instead.
Psychopharmacology is the future, yet few psychiatrists are truly real Psychopharmacologists. In fact, when most of these psychiatrists were in med school back in the sixties, seventies and eighties none of the current modern class meds were available. Thus they were not covered in med school. Prozac didnt come out until 1988. This allows for a huge gap in professional knowledge, leaves open the chance for more drug/drug interactions, etc. All of these current modern class meds that are being used now have only come out in the last ten years!
That means, unless they went to med school in the nineties they probably dont know a huge amount about these modern class meds. Gasp! But of course they wont tell you that to your face(actually I did have one psychopharmacologist tell me just that recently).
I prefer the really competent drug guy...the genuine psychopharmacologist and one who listens at that.
If you do come across a bad psychiatrist, do indeed report him. If enough people complain a pattern will develop for that particular Pdoc. They will get the message eventually. If they dont know the technicals of each and every Psy drug they are not worth shit. We dont need these people.
Eric
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