[hic1957]

HI -

I am currently seeing a psychiatrist who is prescribing concerta - he only does medication management, no therapy -- ( I am seeing a social worker for behavior modification)

The psychiatrist who is prescribing concerta only asks a few questions: how are you, everything OK at work? At home? Any questions for me? Concerns? Comments?

Hands me a prescription and I'm in & out of his office in 10 minutes -

I know ANY md can prescribe this medication - but the psychiatrist I'm seeing insists that only another psychiatrist SHOULD prescribe this medication and not a general MD - he seems to feel a general MD is not QUALIFIED in either ADHD and/or concerta.

IS adha and/or concerta so specialized as to warrant this kind of concern?

Thanks

Howard