Dr. Eric Bender

That's a great way to start.

Also knowing as a provider, does the person coming to you have a preference for a man or a woman?

That's the other thing.

So if you're a patient considering seeing someone in mental health, do you wanna work with a male provider or do you wanna work with a female provider?

That narrows down the field.

That's one flow chart direction for sure.

Do you want to see somebody that can prescribe medication?

Because if that's an option, you don't want to go to somebody else.

That's called split treatment.

When you have one person for therapy and then you see a psychiatrist or your primary care doctor for prescribing medications.

So do you want that or do you want the convenience of seeing one person?

Psychiatrists can often be on the higher end of fees because they've gone to medical school.

And I think the rates that they're reimbursed, I know this in fact, the rate psychiatrists are reimbursed by insurance is very low.

So typically a lot of psychiatrists don't take insurance.

So you should know if you go see a psychiatrist, you might end up paying more than you would if you see somebody else.

So just having all this stuff in mind and asking questions is really important

Absolutely.

That's how a lot of people who have a psychiatry medication practice get referrals.

They know therapists.

Therapists say, I think this patient could benefit from medication.