I was responding to post #2 and trying to keep the poster from wasting money seeing the wrong type of professional.buzzkill wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:53 pmYou need a psychiatrist (a physician) to prescribe medication so I'm pretty sure he wasn't just diagnosed by a psychologist and given drugs for 9-10 years before he decided to go off his meds.rotor wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:30 pm For what its worth a psychologist is not a physician. I would think that you need a psychiatrist (a physician) to correct a diagnosis. A psychologist might have a phd and be called "doctor" but that does not make him a physician and the state may require something from a physician (psychiatrist).
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- Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:12 pm
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- Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:30 pm
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Re: Bipolar misdiagnosis
For what its worth a psychologist is not a physician. I would think that you need a psychiatrist (a physician) to correct a diagnosis. A psychologist might have a phd and be called "doctor" but that does not make him a physician and the state may require something from a physician (psychiatrist).