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.

Top 2 Answers

A few days ago

Stimpy

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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.

A few days ago

Lola

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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