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Apr 09, 2013 9:14 am
While flipping through the pages of  a novel, this line happened in my vision: 'You should see someone, '  and weirdly I immediately thought somebody was being mentally beleaguered-- and sure enough it was a character advising another to go see a psychiatrist.
Though never heard that expression used that way, I suspect it is actually if not a standard usage at least highly recognizable as almost exclusively associated with psychiatric helps.
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Am I onto something new here, or only belatedly register some old usage that's always been there all along?
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Apr 09, 2013 11:04 am
This phrase is used in many different circumstances. The context that precedes the statement tells the readers or the participants what kind of specialist needs to be seen. Â Usually it would not be an urgent situation but it may be very important. Â It is probably most often used pertaining to some kind of medical help. (This includes psychiatry) Â But it can include anything in which the addressee seems to be less than competent to handle.