These days it is almost too easy to get prescribed antidepressants. Book an appointment with any general practitioner, talk about the fact that you’ve been unable to shake feelings of sadness, and mention that the sadness is interfering with your quality of life. Chances are good that you’ll walk out of the practitioner’s office with …
Psychiatrists are medical professionals that specialize in prescribing medications to treat mental disorders. They have attained their certification as a medical doctor, but have completed additional schooling to treat individuals with complex disorders of the brain. If you need treatment with a pharmaceutical drug for a mental illness (e.g. depression), a psychiatrist will be most …
Many people who face depression don’t know what they can do to address their depressive symptoms. In fact, some people don’t even know that treatments for their depressive feelings exist. When I experienced my first episode of deep depression, I was totally unaware of what could be done to help eliminate this unwelcome feeling. At …
One of the most challenging things for the mentally ill these days is to find a competent psychiatrist. As someone who has struggled in the past with a few bad psychiatrists, I have a few things that I want to discuss. Although you aren’t going to know whether a psychiatrist is good until you go …