Posted by vlvtelvis on April 21, 2001, at 1:52:13
In reply to Psychiatrist vs. Psychologist - Help!!!, posted by Jennifer1 on April 20, 2001, at 20:36:53
Most insurence plans won't pay for a psychiatrist to do therapy in a lot of cases. They are MD's who often do little but medication management.
A psycholigist on the other hand is going to have a MA or phd in psychology, which is a psudo-science that specializes in drawing universals from particulars and then treating them as scientific fact.
Lincesensed clinical social workers are just warm fuzzy people you pay to talk to you.
(sorry, I've seen near 20 professionals in the past 8 years, and most have been useless. I'm just cynical about it.)
Different treatment apraches work for different people, so by all means try and see what will work for you.
If you think your general practicioner is doing a decent job with medications, you probobly don't need to see a psychiatrist.
All three are going to have some saints and some quacks. Finding a person you feel comfortable with is more important than the letters behind the name.
> I need some help. I am getting ready to start going into therapy for depression. My general physician had started me on Effexor XR, which I tried for two weeks but I didn't like the side effects. I was waking up in the middle of the night and having a hard time going back to sleep. He started me on Wellbutrin last Saturday and I have been sleeping through the night. I'm feeling a lot better, except for the headaches but I'm used to them (pop a few Motrin and I'm fine).
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> But I wanted to know if anyone found that seeing a Psychiatrist was better than seeing a Psychologist. I'm very limited when it comes to my insurance and would really like to find one within my plan. Otherwise I'll have to go out of network, which had an extremely high cost.
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> I look forward to any feedback.
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