Surely it’s not news that psychiatry is no longer practicing much psychotherapy — and hasn’t been doing so for decades. There is a tiny discussion of the economics of psychiatry and mental health care in general, buried in the middle of the article. But most clinical mental health professionals are living a very middle-class, middle-of-the-road lifestyle. The healthcare system in the U.S. remains broken, and every mental health profession — not just psychiatry — is feeling the pain. Read the full article: Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drug Therapy – NYTimes.com.

Source: New York Times August 05, 2022 10:18 UTC