Physicians & Prescribers

    The purpose of this page is to provide information and links for all clinicians
    and specialties, but I especially want to welcome primary care providers.
    Psychiatry (and psychiatrists, for that matter), can seem very nebulous,
    frustrating, and difficult to pin down. While the science of psychiatry is not as
    well defined as in some other specialties, it is not voodoo medicine. Most
    physical illnesses have psycho-somatic components and/or psychiatric
    complications. Patients with psychiatric illnesses, as a whole, have more
    physical illness and more primary care visits than the general population.
    People with serious and persistent mental illness die, on the average, 13 years
    earlier than people without these illnesses, indicating the population is not as
    physically healthy. Primary care providers prescribe the vast majority of
    antidepressants dispensed  in the United States and they are typically the
    initiators of psychiatric treatments. Yet the communication between
    psychiatrists and primary care providers leaves a lot to be desired. This section
    of The Practical Psychiatrist is an attempt to address, if only in a small way,
    this lack of communication.

    I have designed the content of this section with the primary care provider in
    mind.  I hope it will provide useful information that you can find easily. If you
    have any suggestions about improving the content of this page or about making
    it more user friendly, please email me at comments@psystone.com.

     On this page are links to basic information about psychiatry, comprehensive
    psychiatric information sites, medical reference sites,  support and advocacy
    organizations, professional organizations, national volunteer organizations,
    information/technical support websites, and many other categories. There are
    Links are being added daily, so check back often. If you can't find what you are
    looking for, email links@psystone.com.

    Curbside Consults
    Are you wondering how to get a patient off of a hefty dose of
    venlafaxine or paroxetine without causing them to throw up and feel like
    their head is on fire? Have you tried all the tricks in your psychopharm
    bag, but your patient with chronic depression just isn't perking up? Did
    the only psychiatrist within 150 mile pack up and move to California
    right when you needed advice on starting an atypical antipsychotic?
    Then Curbside Consults may be for you! With the Curbside Consults
    webpage, you can pick the brain of an experienced general psychiatrist
    for answers to those more complicated clinical questions.  Follow the link
    to the Curbside Consults page for important details.

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