what is the difference between….?

Psychiatrist can prescribe drugs, a psychologist cannot.

Psycologist has to have a degree in medical phycology and can prerscribe drugs, a psycyatrist on the other hand, depending on where you live, only has to be licenced, some states don’t require a particular area of education.

Psychologist :

A psychologist is a social scientist who studies psychology, the study of the human mind, thought and human behaviour. Psychologists are usually categorised under a number of different fields, the most well-recognised being clinical psychologists, who provide mental health care, and research psychologists, who collect, investigate and analyse aspects of human behaviour

A specialist in the study of the structure and function of the brain and related behaviors or mental processes. A psychologist may provide psychological evaluation, assessment, testing, and treatment, but may not prescribe medications.

Psychiatrist :

An individual who treats people through counseling to overcome emotional and psychological reactions to an injury or disease. One difference between a psychiatrist and psychologist is that the psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor can prescribe medication.

Medical doctor whose specialty is the study and treatment of mental disorders. After receiving the MD degree, a physician spends 4 years as a resident in a hospital setting. When he or she passes the written and oral examinations of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he or she becomes a diplomate in psychiatry and is said to be Board certified.

psy·chol·o·gist

A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy.

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Definition of Psychiatric

Psychiatric: Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.

Psychiatric may refer to mental illness. For example, the 42-year-old man had a long history of psychiatric disease.

A psychologist is a scientist and/or clinician who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human mind, including behavior and cognition. Psychologists are usually categorized under a number of different fields, the most well-recognized being clinical psychologists, who provide mental health care, and research psychologists, who conduct substantive and applied research.

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A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry and is certified in treating mental illness. As part of their evaluation of the patient, psychiatrists are one of only a few mental health professionals who may prescribe psychiatric medication, conduct physical examinations, order and interpret laboratory tests and electroencephalograms, and may order brain imaging studies such as computed tomography or computed axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography scanning.

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About $60 an hour.

A psychiatrist prescribes medication.

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