Volume 8 Issue 4 April, 2018
❌ Psychiatrist only talks! What is this treatment?!
✅ Psychiatrists “Listens” and offers advice on how to cope with issues faced by the patient
❌ Psychiatrist will force medications on you
✅ Management plans are almost always would be discussed with patients or relatives depending on insight
❌ Consulting Psychiatrist means you are ‘CRAZY’ , ‘INSANE’ and ‘WEAK’
✅ Acknowledging that you have a mental illness and trying to overcome your limitations is a brave thing
❌ Why should I meet a psychiatrist? My family doctor will help me out!
✅ Psychiatrists are trained extensively in Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and Psychology
❌ I stopped taking medications, now I have my symptoms again!, it’s the psychiatrists fault!”
✅ Stopping the medication requires slow tapering, which a qualified psychiatrist can do, do not stop or manage medications on your own.
Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru
