How Do You Get A Psychiatric Evaluation?
• Realize that you’re not alone. Depression and other forms of mental illness affect many individuals, and you may be able to ask for advice from people that have “been there”. • Ask for recommendations. Ideally, your psychiatrist and/or counselor should be people you feel you can trust. If you aren’t comfortable with a particular center, it’s perfectly alright to make a change for your well-being. Recognize that, while not all professionals have the exact same qualifications, your needs may require someone specific. • Recognize your illness for what it is, and understand it. Even in the last century, mental illness has had mixed reception among people who don’t understand or study it. Today, a large number of illnesses (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for example) have been recognized as treatable and legitimate, whereas they were considered incurable previously. It helps to realize that the human brain is an organ just as the heart and stomach are – it requires nutrition, serves a def
