Psychiatrist Brian Wu comes on the show to discuss how to think about psychiatric medication.

Show Notes

• Psychiatrists vs psychologists
• The most important factor when choosing a psychiatrist (17:00)
• What is psychiatric medication, exactly? (18:52)
• The most common psychiatric medications (20:00)
• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (26:00) 
• Benzodiazepines (29:00) 
• Getting prescribed psychiatric medication by non-psychiatrists (32:00)
• Children and psychiatric medication (35:00)
• Working with a psychiatrist vs a psychologist (38:00)
• How to know if your medication is working? (39:50)
• Getting off psychiatric medications (43:00)
• Can we really trust psychiatric medications? (48:20)

You can learn more about Brian and his work here:

• Website

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