How are emergency room and general practice doctors qualified in prescribing drugs for mental health?
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They went to medical school, completed a residency and such, and are licensed as doctors.  Legally, that's all that's required.\n\nAcademically, all doctors study some amount of psychiatry along with many other areas of medicine.  A GP would most commonly prescribe psychiatric medication on the recommendation of a psychologist (as in, the shrink says the patient is depressed, ADHD, whatever, and the MD decides which pills to give them), so he'd mainly just be concerned with the physiological effects of the medication.  An ER doctor usually wouldn't prescribe psych meds except on an emergency basis (ex. a single dose of halidol for a dangerously psychotic patient).  Mostly they'd refer to a psychiatrist, but any medical doctor is qualified to prescribe psychiatric meds.
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If you are participating in a HMO or PPO, you need to get a referral from your primary care provider so your insurance will pay the bill.  You should see a provider prior to seeing a psychiatrist of rpsychologist, certain thyroid dysfuncions can mimic the symptoms of depression.  After a pyschosocial history and intake the provider can diagnose you, but you will need to take medication and seek counseling to really have the full effects of the treatments.  A 30% decrease is reported symptoms is considered adequate therapy.  Many primary care providers will prescribe antidepressants but not follow up on the counseling.  If you are serious about getting help, make sure you get all that is available to you.
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Mental health is protected just like other illnesses - they cannot discrimminate against you in employment because of any hospitalization UNLESS the issue/disability would affect your current employment.  I would think if that were the decision they'd have to be able to back that up some kind of way. \nWhen I became a teacher I did have to fill out medical forms including my medical history and have a physical.  If you need to fill out such a form perhaps you could take it to your doctor and have him/her assist you in that.
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No.  Mental health professionals work with personality disorders and mental illness.  While psychiatrists are physicians as well as mental helath professionals (which allows them to prescribe medication) they do not and cannot heal mental retardation or paralysis.  Other therapists like LCSW's are not physicians and primarily treat a range of people, but not generally physical symptoms.  They see people who are grieving, people who are troubled, and the mentally ill.\n\nThere are psychosomatic sympotms like paralysis, where when there are no physical reasons for the paralysis, a mental health professional might be of assistance.
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well i am not sure what and lvn is, but i want to be a theripist, which is kind of next to being a psychologist. But psychiatry takes near the same amount of school as a doctor, because a phychiatrist is the one who deals with the medical aspect of mental problems. They are the ones who prescribe medicine and such for mentally ill patients, but they need alot of medical training and such to get the degree, so it does take a while.
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"They" are doctors, and they know better than you.  You could die, have a heart-attack, pass out, etc.\nSome antidepressants even seem to accelerate the effects of alcohol.  Dangerous!
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there is not a specific course or qualification to become an NHS counsellor but varies depending on the counselling required to do individual jobs. For instance the NHS mental health trusts are all desperate to get CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) therapists as the NICE (National institute for health and clinical excellence) guidelines advocates the use of CBT for most psychiatric illnesses. Also family therapist and other brief therapies such as BSFT (brief solution focused therapy). I do know that the local mental health NHS trust i work for does employ a hypnotherapist but am not sure what course she has completed. They will often accept any useful accredited qualification. Would be best to contact your local NHS mental health or PCT (primary care trust) trust.\n\ngood luck
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psychiatrist is a person with MBBS with psychology subject i.e. a doctor\n\npsychologist is a persion who has done PG in psychology but not a Doctor.\n\nbye the way im an Engineer ... Cheers !!!
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Technically, only a psychiatrist (with an MD) can prescribe medication.  However, there are some exceptions to this rule. \nIn some states (like New Mexico and Louisiana, I think), psychologists can receive additional training to have prescription privileges. This was enacted to address the shortage of psychiatrists in rural and under-served areas.
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As you already know, a psychiatrist prescribes medication.  They are trained in medicine (diagnosis and pharmacological treatment).  They are like any other doctor.  They see patients, listen for a little bit, write prescriptions, and then send the patient on his/her way.  Most psychiatrists do not do therapy as they are not usually trained in psychological theory.  I haven't met the best psychiatrists.  The psychiatrists I've known have been arrogant, yet not too bright.  They made up their own diagnoses and never valued the rest of the treatment teams opinion.  \n\nA psychologist is either a PhD or PsyD who is trained in psychological theory (causes of mental illness, human development, schools of thought, statistics/research, etc), diagnosis (diagnosing by interview, psychological test administration and interpretation), and treatment (cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic theories, family therapy, health psychology, etc).  So, psychologists do consulting, therapy, testing, research, and more.  Most psychologists cannot prescribe medications.  There are a couple of states that have a shortage of psychiatrists.  In these states, psychologists can train to receive prescribing privileges.
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There is a difference between mentally ill people and mrdd people.you should research on the internet to find out about how to get licensed and what kind of insurance state funding ect... i work in a group home for mrdd in Ohio and i love my job. i did work with mental patients also. I like the work it is so rewarding. good luck to you!
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It's actually none of their business what you're taking.  Antidepressants don't show up on drug screens because they're not looking for them.  I've never had a problem with it.  And it's illegal for them to ask about it.  Just don't mention it and it won't be an issue.  And it's discrimination agains those with mental health disorders to not hire you just because you're taking antidepressants.\nGood luck on your interview!\n-Duo
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Objectives: Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 empowers the police to detain those suspected of being mentally ill in public places, and convey them to a place of safety. In practice, accident and emergency (A&E) departments are often used. The authors assessed levels of knowledge of section 136 between A&E doctors, senior nurses, and police constables. \nUnder the Mental Health Act 1983 Section 136 “if a constable finds…a person who appears to him to be suffering from mental disorder and to be in immediate need of care or control…he may…remove that person to a place of safety”. A place of safety is defined as ‘hospital, police station, mental nursing home or residential home or any other suitable place’. It is widely recognised that police cells are not appropriate places of safety for people with mental health problems but in many areas a police station may still be the first and not the last resort as a place of safety under the Mental Health Act due to a lack of other resources.
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Registered Nurse Here; A Doctor of Psychiatry, for Bipolar disorders usually require medication.  After getting established with a psychiatrist, he or she may very well involve a psychologist at some point of your treatment
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Not legally, at least in the United States.  Mind you, there are places that will either sell it to you illegally (a bit rare, being a felony and all) or have a doctor on staff look over a questionnaire you fill out and then prescribe the drug (much more common).  he FDA is currently looking into requiring any doctor writing a prescription to have a face-to-face consultation with/evaluation of the patient.
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Ever do drugs? \n\nI'd get a second opinion, if I were you...just in case. \n\nUnexplained mental problems are nothing to mess around with. This really is something that only a doctor should give you advice on, nobody here is qualified to give you a diagnosis regardless of their profession. It would be nothing but speculation and you really need to be checked out in person.
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No, the only professionals allowed to prescribe medications are:\nMD  Medical Doctor\nDO  Doctor of Osteopathy\nDDS  Doctor of Dental Surgery\nDMD  Doctor of Medical Dentistry\nDVM  Doctor of Veterinary Medicine\nPA  Physician Assistant (no narcotics)\nARNP  Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner\nDPM  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine\n\nDC's or Doctors of Chiropractic are not allowed to [rescribe.