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Beverly Hills Shrink: Dr. Carole Lieberman Part 2

We continue with Dr. Carole.

Are there any benefits to just doing medication visits? For example, it is less expensive for the patient to see a psychologist or other psychotherapist for regular therapy appointments.

If a psychiatrist and a psychologist (or social worker or MFCC) work closely together, in the same office or same clinic, and have regularly scheduled meetings to discuss the cases they have in common, they could, theoretically provide good treatment to a patient, with less overall cost. However, in the real world, this doesn’t happen as diligently as it should. Regularly scheduled weekly meetings to discuss cases become five-minute telephone calls every six weeks, if that. Continute reading…

Posted in General, Mental Health Professionals, Mental Health Treatment, Psychotherapist Ethics, Psychotherapy, Therapy Patients.

Tagged with Dr. Carole Liberman, psychiatry, psychology, psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy.

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1. Identifying data/demographic data (social security number, date of birth, sex, race, emergency contact information, living situation)
2. Alcohol and drug history (including over-the-counter and prescription medications, herbal or nutritional remedies, and illegal drugs and alcohol; how drugs are administered; frequency of use; age first used; date last used; progression of use; withdrawal symptoms; history of treatment programs/hospitalizations; symptoms and complications of alcohol and drug history)
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