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  • amelia@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Fortunately only psychiatrists can prescribe drugs and they’re actual physicians.

    • troutsushi@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      That’s an important distinction that too few people understand:

      Psychiatrists: medical doctors with a specialization in mental health who can prescribe drugs

      Psychologists: trained professionals with an academic degree who provide mental health care by (generally) talking with you

      Both are important health care providers, but they generally do very different things, and in a mental health crisis you best have one of each at hand.