It is a bit hard to believe that in this day and age, a psychiatrist is having an epiphany that people that are suffering with depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions need more than just drugs to help them, but it is gratifying to see that a psychiatrist that was practicing primarily as a psychopharmacologist has “seen the light”.

Below is a link to an article in Sunday’s magazine section that is worth reading.  I, as a psychologist, do not prescribe medications, but I work closely with people that do.  I am open to working with individual to figure what he or she needs.  The one thing that I am skeptical about is taking meds without being in therapy.  Meds are great with symptoms, but not in understanding causes.

MAGAZINE | April 25, 2010
Mind Over Meds
By DANIEL CARLAT
How I decided my psychiatry patients needed more from me than prescriptions.

By David B. Younger, Ph.D, CGP, P.C.

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