Can a psychiatrist practice psychoterapy?

Yes, in the US: I practice psychotherapy regularly and like to divide my day up between cases that are primarily psychopharmacological management and those that also include more intensive psychotherapy.

Some psychiatrists: Are well trained in psychotherapy. Some residency programs put little emphasis on it. I am in a practice that allows the practice of what i still believe to be the fundamental art of psychiatry. Like dr. Jacobson - I have a mix of patients who receive talking therapy ; medication tx. Please be aware that in the day of managed care, the scope of practice is dictated to many psychiatrists.

Goodness, yes!: Psychotherapy is part of psychiatrists' residency training, and many continue to use it in practice. This includes many of my colleagues and myself. The principles also inform all interactions with patients, even when psychopharmacology seems to be the focus of treatment. Patients attribute their own expectations and fears to medications, and this has to be understood to deal with appropriately.

YES, DEFINETLY: So far, all this is in line with the New York Times piece. But the article failed to mention that most psychiatrists (59.4%) continue to provide psychotherapy to at least some of their patients.1 Moreover, when we read the discussion section of the Mojtabai-Olfson study, we find an important caveat. The design of their study required that “psychotherapy visits” had to be longer than 30 minutes.