Needs or wants

Should psychiatry be geared primarily to satisfying people’s wants or meeting people’s needs? It is possible to want X in terms of treatment when it is Y that actually tackles the needs of the patient. Is psychiatry primarily about helping people or pleasing people?

Helping people, if it was about pleasing most of us wouldn’t be on meds in the first place

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I think it’s needs…

My doc addresses needs… health… stability… progress.

My therapist helps me with the wants… self confidence… coping skills… positive thinking.

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if my pdoc cared about my wants then I wouldn’t be on meds in the first place at least not so many.