> Forgive me, but it seems like you have an exceedingly negative view of psychiatrists. You would be correct. :) > But Psychiatrists provide prescriptions as

> Forgive me, but it seems like you have an exceedingly negative view of psychiatrists. You would be correct. :) > But Psychiatrists provide prescriptions as well (drugs, therapy etc) which may or may not lead to lifestyle changes. Sure they do. But if I go to a doctor about my heart disease, they're going to ask me to me about my lifestyle and encourage me to make changes which would improve my condition (in addition to providing medication). Meanwhile, in my experience psychiatrists will jump straight to medication without any discussion of the underlying lifestyle and adjustments which could improve it. At best, they encourage you to see a therapist as well. (To be honest, I'm somewhat skeptical of the hard division between the disciplines. A cardiologist is not a nutritionist, but they can give you a basic idea of the nutritional roots of heart disease and potential remedies, but psychiatrists seem to be entirely uninterested in anything besides drugs.) > I think this is being too harsh on psychiatrists. Is it? I don't necessarily think it's necessarily their fault. As someone else in this thread said, mental health seems to be like medicine prior to germ theory: a whole lot of confidence in symptom reducers of questionable efficacy.