Title: Why do doctors prescribe Adderall? - Quora
Headings: Why do doctors prescribe Adderall?
Why do doctors prescribe Adderall?
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Content: Psychiatrists, especially, hear a lot of things. It's not a field people tend to go into if they are easily shocked by the varieties of the human condition. Psychiatrists are typically trained in psychotherapy as well as psychopharmacology, and it's widely understood to be an important principle of psychotherapy not to get mad at your patient when they reveal something sensitive. That said, the whole thing, sadly, can depend on various aspects of your social status. Mental health professionals are biased humans, and that bias does extend to the way they determine whether you are likely just looking to get high or to sell your meds on the black market. Now for the rant: The part of things that is a needless bureaucratic hurdle is the requirement in many states for endless, very frequent medically unnecessary followup appointments, paper forms that must be picked up in person, etc., to get scheduled drug prescriptions, as well as chronic shortages due to supply chain regulations. This is not the doctor's fault. It's a political proble