[steve86]

One does not see a psychiatrist unless one is on meds.

That's hardly the case. Where did you come by that misapprehension of reality? Until recently, drug treatment was a rarity in psychiatry.

[Chickensoup]

That’s hardly the case. Where did you come by that misapprehension of reality? Until recently, drug treatment was a rarity in psychiatry.
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Since managed care it is certainly the case. All pscyhiatrists I know that practice bill for med eval or mgmt. No one I know refers to a psychiatrist unless it is for medications.