Question by openthepodbaydoors: Why are there so many terrible psychiatrists?
The average shrink I have encountered relies too much on drugs, doesn’t know enough about them, relies on drug companies for data that may be untrue or sketchy, gets angry easily, has a God complex, and doesn’t seem to enjoy his or her job very much either. Is it my imagination or do some of the worst MDs go into psychiatry. Some are excellent, rarely, but too many seem to be baffled, irritated, or hostile. Any experiences?

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Answer by Didacted
I think you and your shrink are victims of the American Pharmaceutical Industry. The biggest drug dealers in history. So powerful most doctors are under pressure to over-prescribe. Doctors also have to deal with confused patients who read about new drugs in magazines see new drugs on television and are being market new drugs in commercials and advertising.

At the other end of the spectrum you have the real lack of psychiatric care under the American Health Insurance Industry.

So there you have it: we are left with bills and pills to solve everything.

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