Posts Tagged ‘medical doctor’

Question by Renay G: How do I find a good Psychiatrist in the San Jose, Ca area that will do more than just prescribe meds?
I am looking for a psychiatrist in the San Jose, Ca area that will use drugs sparingly and practices psychotherapy or works closely with a therapist. So many doctors out there are just pill pushers and don’t even consider there may be other solutions. This is for a 24 year old who has been diagnosed as being bipolar… but we are still not 100% sure if the diagnosis is correct.

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Question by nick: Difference between therapist and psychiatrist?
I’m writing a short story and I need to know the difference between a therapist and a psychiatrist. Which one would deal with a patient that believes he is hearing voices and a patient that has agoraphobia (fear to leave your house)?

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Answer by S
When you ask “which one”, you’re writing as though they have to be two separate people, but they don’t: a therapist is simply anyone who provides therapy, so a therapist can be a psychiatrist. Having said that, if you’re talking about long-term therapy involving talking (basically some form of “psychotherapy” or “counselling”), a psychiatrist may be somewhat less likely to be involved in this. That’s because a psychiatrist can (as another answer pointed out) prescribe medication: a psychiatrist is a fully qualified medical doctor who has then also undertaken psychiatric training. Some of that psychiatric training may involve psychotherapy without drugs, but with psychiatrists being the only psychotherapists who can prescribe drugs, they tend to do a lot of that: they often work in mental hospitals with patients that most counsellors don’t know how to cope with, and give these patients drugs to control their behavior.

 

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PSYCHOLOGIST ADVOCATES USE of TASER ON KIDS – DR KABADANA and guest Child Psychologist Devi Harbinger discuss radical new ways to raise children

 

Bringing Your Work Home: The Psychology of Studying Your Family

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Child development therapist Jean Piaget was also a proponent of including his own children in his work. These days, an increasing number of researchers — psychologists, but also medical doctors, scientists, and others — are using their children as …
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Concerning: Sexualisation is a problem that's seen in every primary school …

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As a child psychologist, I see the signs that are familiar to every parent: the eight-year-olds who are already worried about their figures; the 'too-sexy too-soon' 12-year-olds who won't go out without make-up; the magazines aimed at 10 to14-year-olds …
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Question by Nurani Illahi: Psycho-this and Psycho-that…?
Can someone explain to me in thoroughly, accurately, and in clear detail what the difference between
Psychologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Psychoanalyst is?

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Answer by Dr. K
This is a very common question on here and very common question I get a lot.

Ok, first, let’s get the psychiatrist out of the equation. They are a medical doctor and have an M.D. (medical doctorate) degree. They go to medical school and take courses in mental health and psychology but their primary concern is prescribing medication. Think of your general doctor you go to when you are not feeling well. Psychiatrists are similar to them, but they have a lot of training in psychology and dealing with mental disorders. They generally see patients for as long as your medical doctor would see their patients; about 5-10 minutes, find out how their meds are doing and then go to the next patient. They do not do group therapy, they don’t “counsel” patients/clients on their condition and help them find ways to help themselves other than meds. They do make a hell of a lot more money because they do dabble with medications and that is a very dangerous thing to give to people. They would not be hired over a psychologist, as these are 2 totally different professionals.

 

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