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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down22·11 months agoA psychologist can a psychiatrist can’t. A psychologist is a proper medical degree. People confuse the two terms and use them interchangeably though.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoA psychiatrist is a medical professional in my country, while a psichologist is a therapist with no license to recommend or prescribe medication.
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoIn the US, those terms are reversed; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor and a psychologist is not.
minus-squareLileath@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoGermany handles it the same way as the USA in this case.
A psychologist can a psychiatrist can’t.
A psychologist is a proper medical degree. People confuse the two terms and use them interchangeably though.
A psychiatrist is a medical professional in my country, while a psichologist is a therapist with no license to recommend or prescribe medication.
In the US, those terms are reversed; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor and a psychologist is not.
Germany handles it the same way as the USA in this case.
Wrong way round.