What is a Psychiatrist? With Dr. Vanessa Velez, MD
05/28/24 • 29 min
Today we speak with Latina Psychiatrist Dr. Vanessa Velez who shares about her medical school background through rotations and residency, the support received from her parents upon choosing the career, and we also spoke about the the stigma of medication, how depression, anxiety and bipolar symptoms can benefit from psychiatry and the oppression that exists within the medical field. Dr. Velez answers the following questions before closing this episode:
- How can we as therapists communicate with a psychiatrist and discuss treatment plans for a shared client?
- When should we consider medication -
- What cultural background questions do u ask, if any?
Follow Dr. Vanessa Velez at vanessavelezMD.com and @VanessaVelezMDart on Instagram. She is accepting for anyone who lives in California, and is on the Latinx Therapy Directory, too.
To find a therapist, check out our directory at latinxtherapy.com and use the filters!
Today we speak with Latina Psychiatrist Dr. Vanessa Velez who shares about her medical school background through rotations and residency, the support received from her parents upon choosing the career, and we also spoke about the the stigma of medication, how depression, anxiety and bipolar symptoms can benefit from psychiatry and the oppression that exists within the medical field. Dr. Velez answers the following questions before closing this episode:
- How can we as therapists communicate with a psychiatrist and discuss treatment plans for a shared client?
- When should we consider medication -
- What cultural background questions do u ask, if any?
Follow Dr. Vanessa Velez at vanessavelezMD.com and @VanessaVelezMDart on Instagram. She is accepting for anyone who lives in California, and is on the Latinx Therapy Directory, too.
To find a therapist, check out our directory at latinxtherapy.com and use the filters!
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Transcript
This episode was inspired by the confusion that our community tends to experience when differentiating between a psychiatrist and a mental health therapist in the United States only about 6% of psychiatrists identify as Hispanic or Latino according to Zipia today we're going to learn about psychiatry from our guest who is a psychiatrist the stigmas that we hear about medication how to become a psychiatrist and we're gonna answer some questions from the community speci
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