These are the issues that parents should be aware of during psychiatric consultations: 1. Currently, some domestic psychiatrists have a misconception that: schizophrenia is a disease that cannot be cured and can just get a little better. In fact, this was the conclusion of the Risperidone era. Nowadays, the effect of “olanzapine + amisulpride” has far exceeded that of risperidone and can treat schizophrenia to the extent that the symptoms disappear completely. 2. The dose written in the drug’s manual is the “recommended dose”, which is only the dose of the drug that can be obtained in clinical trials by pharmaceutical companies when the “psychiatric symptom score is reduced by 50%”, not the dose when the symptoms disappear completely, and is not the most effective dose. For example, the instruction manual of olanzapine only recommends 20 mg, in fact, 25 or 30 mg is far more effective than 20 mg. However, some doctors either superstitiously believe in the recommended 20 mg dose, or are afraid to exceed this dose for fear of family members’ inquiries, so that the efficacy does not reach the proper level. Some psychiatrists often mistakenly believe that the dose of each drug can be reduced when the two drugs are used together. This is actually a misconception. Each drug has its own effective blood concentration, and this blood concentration cannot be superimposed on the blood concentration of other drugs. Therefore, each drug must be used in full doses. Just like internal medicine doctors who use penicillin to treat infections without solving the problem, they combine another antimicrobial, they never use penicillin only in half amount, but use the full dose of penicillin, and then add another antimicrobial, also in full amount. 4. Some psychiatrists tend to believe in the propaganda of drug companies, or because of the influence of the rebates received, more often apply those drugs whose actual efficacy is not good, such as aripiprazole, or quetiapine, etc. 5. There are no reliable tests to diagnose mental illness. Some psychiatrists tend to have their patients undergo various tests, which are not necessary at all. For example, a variety of scale tests are not helpful for diagnosis. There are also personality tests that have no relevance to the diagnosis of the disease. CT or MRI can only rule out other diseases, but have no value for psychiatric diagnosis. What is most meaningful for psychiatric diagnosis is an accurate medical history and a psychiatric examination of the patient. Parents should be aware that the medical history information that the doctor needs from the parents is not the empty terminology of “hallucinations” or “insight”, but a description of the patient’s specific behavior at the time. As for the psychiatric examination of the patient, it is a very important tool and basis for psychiatric diagnosis, so the patient must be present and cannot be replaced by the parents. Parents should not take the place of answers during the examination.