It is important that persons with bipolar disorder (manic depression) or other mental illnesses find high quality mental health care professionals. Sometimes this means both a psychiatrist or psychopharmacologist to prescribe and a therapist for counseling. Found here are articles and resources to assist in the process of finding a professional to meet your needs.
Psychiatric nurses have achieved a nursing degree - an Associate's or Bachelor's, but most often a Master's - specializing in the mental health field.
Psychologists are professionals trained to perform psychological research, testing and therapy.
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor with a specialty in psychiatry - the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
When you need a mental health professional, how do you find the right one? Some answers here about finding a psychiatrist, psychologist, counselor or other mental healthcare provider for your specific needs.
Psychiatrists … Psychologists … Therapists … Who are all these mental healthcare professionals? As with any life-long illness, Bipolar disorder (manic depression) is a very complicated condition that requires professional care and guidance for the many differing aspects of a person’s life impacted by the disorder. Found here are descriptions of these practitioners.
A member of this community shares a very bad experience she had with a counselor, a counselor who did tremendous harm, including convincing her she was possessed by demons.
Do you need to find a psychiatrist? Perhaps you are moving. Perhaps you want a new doctor, or this is the first time you've needed to see a "pdoc." Here are a few suggestions to help.
As you continue toward stability, there may be times when you need to call your psychiatrist to set up an extra appointment or even page your psychiatrist for an emergency, but how do you know when?
Headaches Guide Teri Robert talks about when and why to go to a new doctor, how to choose one, and how we can help our doctors help us. You can apply this advice to all doctors and specialists, including psychiatrists and psychologists.
AMA Physician Select provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. AMA member physicians are offered an "expanded" listing that contains additional information such as office hours, practice philosophy, physician achievements, and other helpful information for visiting consumers.
This is an excellent list of questions and answers for someone who just doesn't know where to start to get help.
Many people are surprised to discover how many services are available in their communities on a sliding fee scale, or a discounted but fixed fee basis. Found here are some suggestions for locating these services.
This is a subscriber listing of licensed or certified mental health practitioners. At Health does require license/certification numbers for those listed.
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Found here are some suggestions for finding a counselor or therapist.
Suggests you prepare this material and submit it to your new therapist before your first session so he or she will have your background ahead of time.
This is a directory of registered physicians through which you can search by speciality and location.
This is a subscriber listing of treatment centers, organized by state. It is not apparent that At Health does any screening of organizations signing up to be listed; still it appears to be a very worthwhile site.
Probably the most infrequently asked question that comes my way from a prospective client is: "How can I know if you are the best counselor or therapist to meet my needs?" Yet, this is the ultimate concern that underlies any other question the caller may present.
This articles compares the role of psychiatrists with psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and psychiatric nurses.
Should I be seeing a psychiatrist, social worker, psychologist or self-help group? Found here is a brief summary of what each type of therapist/therapy can do.
Once you have the names of potential psychiatrists, you may want to talk to them or a staff member over the phone to choose the most appropriate one. Found here are some questions you might want to ask.
