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> Severe pain due to psychosomatic causes sounds like mental illness to me. In that case you're assuming both the psychiatrist and the GP overreact. > Every h
by armada651 7y ago
> Severe pain due to psychosomatic causes sounds like mental illness to me.
In that case you're assuming both the psychiatrist and the GP overreact.
> Every health system I've dealt with funnels to medication pretty strongly.
Because patients often insist on medication because they do not accept that the ailment can't immediately be diagnosed.
- marcinzm 7y ago>Because patients often insist on medication because they do not accept that the ailment can't immediately be diagnosed. Not my experience both personally and with those I know regarding mental illness. Doctors are quick to diagnose mental illnesses (correctly or not) and prescribe medications for them (even if the patient is hesitant). Some health systems even make it nearly impossible to get a therapist (we can see you once a month starting in two months...) but not a psychiatrist.