Is there a psychiactric Hospital that
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Is there a psychiactric Hospital that
| Thu, 12-07-2006 - 10:09pm |
isn't like a prison? I like to watch Dr.Phil and there was a show where they did a brain scan to see how he reacted to stress. He also took a bunch of tests to rule out certain disorders. I was in a psychiatric hospital once and it was more like a prison. Forget what you see on tv. Anyhow, I just want to see a doctor who will take the time to found out whats wrong with me and not just write rx and rx. I was talking to one of the techs when I was at the hospital and he's going to school for research or something like that. I can't remember exactly what it was but anyhow, I asked him why not pdoc? His response was all they do is write rx all day.

For the record, there are good ones out there. In my home state of Arizona, going to the hospital was never a bad thing. I always got good care there.
And, sometimes it's a good thing when a pdoc does nothing but write scripts. I like it when a pdoc doesn't argue with me about what my proper medicine is...I KNOW, darnit! And once? I did go to a pdoc who used talk therapy in his sessions besides just writing scripts. He ended up sexually harrassing me.
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Beth "Petrouchka"
Unfortunately, writing rx is pretty much what most pdocs do these days--I'm sure some by choice, but in most cities there is such a shortage of them they don't have time to do therapy and leave that to tdocs.
The ward I go to here in Florida (the good one, there is one that's not so good) is wonderful. Yes, you're locked in...but that's just safety precautions...otherwise, its excellent...very expensive though...thank God for good insurance...its $1500 per day. Wow.