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So, finding a Psychiatrist can be a very complicated process. It's gonna vary depending on where
you are and how many Psychiatrists are available. One basic area that has to think about are
whom you can feel comfortable with. So think about the person's age, think about their
gender, think about where their office is located and how convenient that is and things
like that. You wanna find a situation where it's gonna be comfortable and convenient for
you because you don't want to have any obstacles in making to an appointment and then the other
divisions in terms of how to go about thinking about to find a Psychiatrist is gonna depend
on payment. For some people, they need to or want to use their insurance and in these
cases the most direct way is to go through your insurance company, usually on their web
site and look through their list of providers. And one important thing for me to stress is
that those list can often out of date, so do understand that you probably going to have
to make several phone calls to even find the Psychiatrist who is still on the insurance
panel, who is taking new patients and who is available to see you soon enough for what
ever you need. So, that is one way to go. The other way to go if cost is less of a concern
or not that is not gonna be a concern but if you can manage to pay for a private evaluation
and pay out of your pocket, then it can be useful to look for somebody who is gonna be
able to provide you the most comprehensive and most useful evaluation and a good rule
of thumb is to see somebody who is affiliated with the big local medical center. So, what
you can do is you can go to the phone book and look up the general numbers for the closest
big epidemic medical center, big medical university that has a hospital associated with it. Call
their general number and explain that you like to find a Psychiatrist who is affiliated
with that center. And they will gradually be able to direct you down a list of potential
resources and eventually you will be able to get a few names of Psychiatrists who are
associated with that center. And the reason that this is useful is because they are most
likely be familiar with the variety of treatment options that are available including both
medications and various kinds of psychotherapy, so you can get the most comprehensive evaluation
and find the best treatment for you.