Posted by Quintal on March 28, 2007, at 21:03:28
In reply to Information for UK people, posted by Tom Twilight on March 28, 2007, at 13:25:47
I think some GPs may have reservations about accepting patients with 'difficult' psychiatric histories, as they are likely to be seen as time wasters and an unworthy drain on their limited budget. This is especially likely if personality disorders and/or drug abuse have been insinuated by previous GPs/pdocs, and many long-term 'mental health consumers' do seem to end up in that rut eventually. I have problems with my current GP, the pdoc discharged me over a year ago for having what he perceives as "an unhealthy obsession with psychopharmacology", so I wouldn't really feel confident approaching another GP expecting them to treat me any differently given the impression they'd get of me from my notes.
Private care might be a different matter - one of the first pdocs I contacted when I began searching for treatment told me my chances of getting adequate psychiatric treatment (both meds and therapy) on the NHS was almost nil. How do you go about seeing a private psychiatrist in the UK anyway?
Q
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