Saturday, December 19, 2009

Can psychiatrists give advice to people like psychologists do?

I want to be a psychiatrist because I want to be a doctor, I want the good money, and I want to give people hope with the medications I prescribe to them. But I want to be a psychologist because I want to give people advice and I want to talk as well as listen. If I become a psychiatrist then would I be able to give people advice like psychologists do?Can psychiatrists give advice to people like psychologists do?
You might have some misconceptions about the field of psychology; I'm not sure most psychologists would characterize their work as ';advice-giving.'; At any rate, a key difference between psychiatrists and psychologists is that psychiatrists are medical doctors who can write prescriptions for medications, although webmd.com indicates that the states of Louisiana and New Mexico allow psychologists to write prescriptions, also. Webmd.com has a thorough definition of the two fields and compares the similarities and differences, and you can also google psychiatry for lots of other sites that compare them.Can psychiatrists give advice to people like psychologists do?
A psychiatrist is trained to listen to people and advise them, and is also an m.d.

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