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What should I look for in a doctor?
Author: Dane Loveless
Website: http://www.DepressionLab.com
Added: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 17:57:00
Category: Depression Questions
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Although there are issues about whether therapy, medication, or a mixture of both is best for depression, there is just one type of doctor who is qualified to cure depression and other mood problems using prescription medications: a psychiatrist.
A psychologist or counselor is also sometimes helpful in treating depression, but they are not medical doctors and so they cannot prescribe medications. A psychologist specializes in talk therapy. If you are not sure whether you need drugs, it is still best to start your treatment under the care of a supervising psychiatrist.
Many psychiatrists are willing to see you and talk to you just enough to prescribe the right medication, while letting a psychologist or counselor do the talk therapy. If you do well in the talk therapy and prefer to have just one doctor, psychiatrists are usually able to manage this also.
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