In a recent conversation with a psychiatric nurse who repeatedly referred to psychiatric symptoms. Does it really mean "psychotic symptoms?"
I understand that psychiatrists treat patients who have both physiological and psychological (behavioral) symptoms, which is why a psychiatrist needs both a medical and a psychological study level.
Since hallucinations psychiatrists can be said to have evolved (or degenerated, depending on your point of view) to handle the cases involve only the manipulation of neurotransmitter imbalance which causes the psychotic symptoms (audio and visual delusions, obsessive / compulsive behavior, paranoia, etc.) Is it possible that the terms "psychotic symptoms" and "psychiatric symptoms" have become synonymous with? Is it also possible that the field of psychiatry has degenerated to the point that all they do is prescribe psychiatric drugs, which has become known as "medicine?"
Am I missing something?