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Psychiatrist Role

Few Words About Psychiatrist & his Role

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PSYCHIATRIST?

There was a time when people were very cautious to meet a psychiatrist and would try their best to avoid as long as possible. However with time people have started realising the importance of psychiatrist and services provided by them. Still there is major hindrance in acceptance of psychiatric services even after being advised repeatedly by doctor. Hope with time people will realise the importance of consultation with psychiatrist and will not waste their precious time before fixing an appointment.

Psychiatrist are trained medical doctor who after doing MBBS join MD in field of Psychiatry like other specialised branches. You will be surprised that there is dearth of professionals in this particular field. Psychiatrist often prescribes medicines to treat psychiatric disorders but can also provide psychotherapy and counselling whenever needed . So allow him to decide what is ideal means to treat you. However you may be given choice of treatment in certain conditions where both pharmacological as well as non pharmacological methods can be used.

WHO IS PSYCHOLOGIST & HOW HE IS DIFFERENT FROM PSYCHIATRIST?

Psychologists are graduate, postgraduate and may be PhD in field of psychology. They are not medical graduate( MBBS) & generally do not have licence to prescribe medication. Clinical psychologists are trained in a number of psychological therapies ,and psychological test administration, scoring, interpretation and reporting. Patient with a complicated clinical presentation who is being seen by a psychiatrist might be referred to a clinical psychologist for psychological testing to aid in diagnosis and treatment. They teat by counselling and psychotherapy.

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