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Integrating counselling and medical doctoring is a strange idea, and it's somewhat weird that it's even as much of a thing as it is. Drug-focused psychiatrists
by caturopath 6y ago
Integrating counselling and medical doctoring is a strange idea, and it's somewhat weird that it's even as much of a thing as it is. Drug-focused psychiatrists are certainly going to be a thing so long as med school is so costly and med schools conspire to keep the supply of doctors low.
- jacobr1 6y agoIncreased secularization is also probably a factor. I presume going to your clergy for assistance was previously more common. I'm sure that kind of care had mixed effectiveness, but suspect it less available and norms are bit different for initiating that kind of conversation.
- munificent 6y ago> Integrating counselling and medical doctoring is a strange idea Why? It doesn't seem any different to me than surgery + physical therapy for a non-brain-oriented medical problem.
- caturopath 6y agoRight, and a surgeon doesn't serve as your physical therapist just like the psychiatrist doesn't serve as your talk therapist. They're different roles, even though they're both addressing the same part of your health.
- mapt 6y agoUnder the US system, the surgeon has to press the patient to learn what operation they're going to perform, because the physical therapist / primary care doc / specialist doc isn't paid to communicate with the surgeon, but they're willing to guess the operation if the patient doesn't take great notes.
- thebean11 6y agoIt's weird even when the medical doctor is trying to alleviate the same symptoms as the counselor? I think the way you put it simply sounds weird because a psychiatrist isn't the first doctor you think of. The concept isn't strange at all, especially considering the huge overlap in training.