Posted by jerrympls on January 22, 2005, at 23:26:41
In reply to Expectations (Re: Psychiatrists (and others), posted by alohashirt on January 22, 2005, at 17:21:50
> My knee jerk reaction to your post was "What do you expect?"
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> In a 2 mile radius of where I live there are 40 bagel shops. Three of them are excellent, one of them is copnsitently appalling (staff & stale bagels) and the rest are in the middle.
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> I don't think psychiatrists are any different, although the stakes are higher and its not so easy to switch from one to another.
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> My experience suggests that pretty much everything has these tiers:
> 10% excellent
> 40% largely good
> 40% mediocre
> 10% apalling
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> I imagine that most pdocs would straddle three of these groups for different patients. My pdoc is very well informed, creative, analytical, forgets my history, accidently bills me for the wrong codes, is always in a hurry. Today I'd give him an "A" for excellent. The bill problems all get resolved eventually, I'm in a hurry too so I don'ty need the bedside manner and I don't take the forgetfulness personally. I'm sure he has patients who would rate him a C and in a different context I'd give him that too.
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> Now maybe your psychiatrist is a bad apple, maybe he's mediocre or just a bad fit for you.
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> It's a stressful, difficult job that exacts a heavy toll on people and not something I would be willing to do.
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> My advice is don't take any of it personally, recognize that you will always need to manage your doctor, and find a way to get superb care from someone who is "good enough."
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> Good Luck!
I have absolutley NO sympathy for the excuse that psychiatrists are in a difficult profession and are tired and overworked. BOO! They chose this profession and if they are overworked it's their fault for booking paitients every 10 mins. Is they can't remember a certain code for insurance or tell you it's YOUR fault for having to wait so long in the waiting room then they're far from professional. I know RESIDENTS who have their acts together better than estabished "professional" pdocs.I had a doc who spent most of MY time with her during appointments talking about how I was behind with my payments. She was part of a private practice including 4 other psychiatrists. I finally was so fed up I wrote a letter explaining how I'd been treated to her and CC'd the pther docs in the practice and in a couple weeks I got a letter saying she was no longer with the practice.
Oh they have so many patients to remember...they work such long hours...they have to deal with insurance companies...CRY CRY CRY. I have NO sympathy for them.
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