Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 26, 2005, at 20:35:24
In reply to Differences between young p-docs and old p-docs, posted by Deneb on September 26, 2005, at 17:46:41
Actually, I'd say that the opposite is probably true: b/c pdocs are so overworked today they are primarily focused on meds, and leave psychotherapy to psychologists, counselors, and social workers. In the past psychotherapy was considered a more integral part of psychiatry.
Old pdocs and young ones have different advantages and disadvantages. It sounds like the experience levels of the ones you mention are both in a good range. Not so young that she wouldn't know what's up and not so old that he'd be out of the loop.
It's always a leap of faith though. Hope all is well.
Best,
EE> OK, I did some snooping about and I found out when my p-docs graduated from medical school and for how long they had been practicing psychiatry for.
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> It turns out that the p-doc who is on maternity leave has been practising psychiatry for approx. 7 years whereas this new guy I'm seeing has been practising for...get this, approx. 24 years! Yikes...that's longer than I've been on this Earth.
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> OK, obviously I haven't seen enough p-docs to generalize the difference between old and young ones, but so far I've discovered that my younger p-doc is much more into the psychotherapy stuff and this new guy is much more trigger happy with the prescription pad.
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> Is this consistent with how psychiatry has evolved throughout the ages?
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> What other things should I expect from an older pdoc? Wow, 24 years seems like forever to me!
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> Deneb
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