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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 Get the latest MindsaMics episodes as soon as they're releasedIf you enjoyed this episode of MindsaMics and want to get notified whenever new episodes are released, you can join Nick's free weekly newsletter here →