There was a time when a general practitioner conducted labors did minor surgery and of Course treat medical problems. So., What was the need for Any speciality? diagnostic psychiatric problem takes more than checking symptoms off of a checklist, and then consulting DSM five to come up with a diagnostic category. Psychiatrist is trained in neurology, neuroscience, psychopharmacology, Neurochemistry ,psychotherapy, and then a good psychiatrist is supposed to be borrowing from other humanities, like sociology psychology philosophy literature. A general practitioner neither has the training, nor the appetite to sit down listen process and use his own mind as a sounding board to connect the dots.
Why see a psychiatrist if your primary physician is willing to prescribe medications?
