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Locut0s

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11. Actually this guy is both...
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 02:05 AM
Dec 2013

He's a registered psychiatrist. I checked the degree hanging in his waiting room But he also has accreditation as a psychoanalyst. He chooses, it seems, to operate mostly as a psychoanalyst. But on the books he's a psychiatrist. I suspect one of the reasons he chose to do this may be that here in Canada if you practice as a psychiatrist you fall under the universal health coverage plans of all provinces. While psychologists are not so covered in most provinces. If you want to be a practicing psychologist you have to set up your own practice and charge privately. One of the failings of our health coverage IMO.

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Don't go cold turkey with an SSRI without talking to a professional... HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #1
Yeah I know how to taper off it... Locut0s Nov 2013 #3
I'm really sorry Locut0s, polly7 Nov 2013 #2
Thanks Polly, actually my sessions with him are an hour long... Locut0s Nov 2013 #4
Oh ... well that's frustrating. polly7 Nov 2013 #5
I agree with this get the red out Nov 2013 #6
Maybe not. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #7
I agree, HS. Tobin S. Nov 2013 #8
Things therapists are unlikely to tell you HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #9
A psychiatrist is not necessarily a psychoanalyst mecherosegarden Dec 2013 #10
Actually this guy is both... Locut0s Dec 2013 #11
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