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Rockapella722 · 06-03-2002, 08:16 PM

What's the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? I was wonderin' today while I was doing my hair....

(Try to go and figure the female mind. LOL. Especially mine. It tends to wander quite a bit...)

~~ D.

vienna waits · 06-03-2002, 09:06 PM

One of them can prescribe medicine and the other cant. I dont know which is which though.

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 06-03-2002, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by tootieismyfav
One of them can prescribe medicine and the other cant. I dont know which is which though.

I'd say the -iatrist one would be able to. What about a therapist?

Kay Scarpetta · 06-03-2002, 10:00 PM

A Pyschologist cannot perscribe medicine. They are more or less just a counslor.

A Psyciatrist, on the other hand, is a licensed medical practicer. They can perscribe medicine.

Warm & Fuzzy · 06-03-2002, 10:02 PM

A psychologist is a professional who studies behavior and experience.

A psychiatrist, on teh other hand, is a doctor trained in the treatment of people with psychiatric disorders.

Warm & Fuzzy · 06-03-2002, 10:03 PM

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Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever
A Pyschologist cannot perscribe medicine. They are more or less just a counslor.

A Psyciatrist, on the other hand, is a licensed medical practicer. They can perscribe medicine.

Holy cow, that was definitley ESP! Oh wow, lol.

*freaky*

Warm & Fuzzy · 06-03-2002, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by Rosa Blasi Rulz

I'd say the -iatrist one would be able to. What about a therapist?

A therapist is somebody trained to treat disease, disorders, or injuries, especially somebody who uses methods other than drugs and surgery.

Kay Scarpetta · 06-03-2002, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
A therapist is somebody trained to treat disease, disorders, or injuries, especially somebody who uses methods other than drugs and surgery.

........As in stroke victims. Victims of strokes are sometimes paralyzed. Theripists help un-paralyze them. Or anyone who has gotten hurt from sports, activities, etc.

Kay Scarpetta · 06-03-2002, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
Holy cow, that was definitley ESP! Oh wow, lol.

*freaky*

*shudders* Odd.

Warm & Fuzzy · 06-03-2002, 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever

*shudders* Odd.

What do you say to long lost sisters? LOL!

Kay Scarpetta · 06-03-2002, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
What do you say to long lost sisters? LOL!

Hi sister Jenny

Warm & Fuzzy · 06-04-2002, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever

Hi sister Jenny

Haha, Heya, Sister Trixie.

(BTW, someone made a comment saying that it sounded like we're nuns or something, LOL.)

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 06-04-2002, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
A therapist is somebody trained to treat disease, disorders, or injuries, especially somebody who uses methods other than drugs and surgery.

So like a mental therapist would be the same as a psychologist?

ILuvJoandBlair · 06-04-2002, 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by Rosa Blasi Rulz

So like a mental therapist would be the same as a psychologist?

No a psychologist is more of a researcher. That would be more of a psychiatrist, but they're not therapists.

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 06-04-2002, 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by ILuvJoandBlair

No a psychologist is more of a researcher. That would be more of a psychiatrist, but they're not therapists.

Complicated crap.

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