Subscribe to our newsletter. Ask an Expert Psychiatry at a Crossroads Psychiatry is having an identity crisis. Many psychiatrists are beginning to complain that they are no longer able to provide psychotherapy to patients. They also provide free dinner banquets followed by presentations by well-known authorities which generally present the company's products in a favorable light.
Some psychiatrists are perfectly comfortable working primarily as pharmacologists.
Therapy skills are still useful in establishing rapport and in diagnosing patients. Some short-term cognitive work can probably even be done in a 10 minute session. May. Prior to the meeting a prominent member had resigned in a very public way. Loren Mosher, M.D. wrote a letter to Rodrigo Munoz, M.D., the APA president. Another Psychiatrist, Paul Chodoff, M.D., presented a paper summarizing his 50 years in the profession.