Diff btw psychiatrist and psychologist

Dear Candidate,

Psychologist and psychiatrist are two entirely different jobs with a big main difference that a psychiatrist is a MBBS/MD doctor which gives them the right to prescribe medication to their patients whereas a psychologist does MA/MSc and then PhD. Thus, psychologist treat their clients with different therapies and are prohibited to prescribe medications. Both of them deal with disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, etc...irrespective of the severity of the disorder. Only the counselors deal with less severe issues like marital issues, career issues, family issues, etc.

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Hope you are doing well. According to your queries , there are differences between a psychiatrist and psychologist. Actually a Psychiatrist  is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. On the other hand a psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies normal and abnormal mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by experimenting with, and observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments .Psychologists Treat Less Severe Conditions, Psychiatrists Treat More Complex Mental Health Disorders . Psychiatrists prescribe medication, psychologists can't. Psychiatrists are medical doctors,  but psychologist are not.

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Hey, Both the Psychiatrist and Psychologist treat patients struggling with mental health. However, there are minute differences between the professions. Here are some differences:

• Psychiatrists are Doctors who have over 10 years of experience. They study at a medical university and start their practice as a general doctor. They can prescribe medicines to patients with their experience in diagnosis over 5 years. They prescribe psychological treatments, Brain stimulation therapies. They usually treat people with complex conditions like Depression, Bipolar disorder.
• Whereas We do not consider Psychologists as Medical doctors. They have a prolonged training period of 5-6 years and experience. Even though they have a PhD it does not consider them as medical doctors. Unlike Psychiatrists Psychologists can't prescribe medications and treatments to their patients. They focus more on talking therapies with patients suffering from behavioural problems, anxiety, mild depression.

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Hello,

Following three points highlight the basic difference between psychologists and psychiatrists -

• Psychiatrists are medical doctors whereas psychologists are not.

• Psychiatrists prescribe medication, psychologists can't.

• Psychiatrists diagnose illness, manage treatment and provide a range of therapies for complex and serious mental illness. Psychologists focus on providing psychotherapy (talk therapy)  and therapeutic approach to help patients.

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Psychiatrist are professionals, who offers medicine for various psychological disorders in order to treat it where as Psychologist are those professionals, who offers counselling and in terms of speech they treat the patients. Now psychiatrist and Psychologist works hand-in-hand. The Psychiatrist usually prescribes the medicine and then refer to some psychologist in order to analyze the case through speech also. Its being a concept, that doing both Speech treatment as well as Medicines gives better results.

To know more about Psychiatrist as a career, visit the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/careers/psychiatrist

To know more about Clinical Psychologist visit the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/careers/clinical-psychologist

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!