A few days ago
Psychiatry differences?
I would just like to know the main differences between Psychiatrists and Psychologists?
I know there’s a differences in education, prescription in medicine, and payment, but by how much?
Can Psychiatrists also help with emotional problems such as counseling like psychologists?
What are the differences in salaries?
I would really like to be prepared for these career options.
Any information would be great, thanks.
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A few days ago
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Psychiatrists usually don’t deal in depth with your emotional problems. They do chart your history and symptoms, prescribe medications, and see you periodically for a medication check (see how you’re doing on the meds, do you need more, need less, need a different med, etc). They leave the actual counselling for problems to a lesser-paid individual, usually someone with a Master’s degree.
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A few days ago
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor, who studied medicine like any other doctor and then specialized in psychiatry rather than surgery or gastroenterology, etc. A psychologist is someone who studied psychology not medicine and who has a master’s or PhD in psychology. A psychologist cannot prescribe medications because he isn’t a physician like a psychiatrist is.
So if you want to be a doctor who specializes in psychiatry you will have to prepare for medical school with a lot of science and math courses. If you prefer psychology, then you will need lots of philosophy, sociology, language, communication, psychology and such.
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