https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/medication-or-therapy
For problems with parenting, marriage or adjustment, psychotherapy is usually the first recommendation. This treatment can help you build skills and respond more appropriately to stressors.
You talk to your family doctor and he figures it out.
ReplyDeletePsychiatrist treats with meds
DeletePsychologist usually by therapy
It's not either or.
DeleteAt least where I am, the process is to see the Family Physician first. If I can handle it, great. If not, the next step is a psychiatrist. Psychologists are mostly private so unless the patient has private insurance that's really good, it's not an affordable option.