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Re:In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers ... by jacques_chester on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:04PM (#26628843)
Psychiatrists are medical doctors and will typically attempt to exclude these diagnoses. I've had all sorts of tests issued by psychiatrists.
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Re:In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers ... by airhead969 on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:40PM (#26629198)
In the US, mine is an MD too. Must be a different kind of psychiatrist because mine sent me to my PCP to narrow down health issues.
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Re:In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers ... by jacques_chester on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:03PM (#26629409)
Perhaps I can rephrase it. Psychiatrists are aware of multiple organic causes for depressive symptoms and would prefer to treat the causes, not just the symptoms. It's not accurate to say that a psychiatrist would be expected to simply prescribe an antidepressant without some additional investigation.
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