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*Health Issues>>>Mental Health issues>>>what's the difference between counseling and a phyciatrist? |
Issue i know i need one or the other i just dont know the difference between the two-if- there is one. and if you know a free one that would help too.lol. thanx Best Tip A counselor can be a psychologist or a social worker. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (who went to medical school) and can prescribe medicine. If you just need to talk some things out, a counselor could probably be very helpful...but, if you are having crying spells or not functioning in your normal activities, see your regular doctor and have them refer you to a psychiatrist. Counselors can usually help you too in that case, and will usually have a psychiatrist who oversees them. If you don't have any money to spend, most states have a community menal health program that you can find in the phone book. Source(s): I am a physician (and have 2 psychiatrists for parents) :) Others i think counseling is w/ a group of people and it costs less. a phciatrist or a pshycologist is just you and him/her and it costs more. A counselor help guide you in the proper direction, based on your input. A Shrink tries to find out what your problem is.... The term counseling is often used interchangeably with psychotherapy. It was originally adopted by Carl Rogers to distinguish his work from the more medically oriented psychotherapy but the difference has become blurred among lay people. Generally, counseling deals with ordinary every day problems and issues, while psychotherapy generally deals with deeper mental and emotional problems. Psychotherapy requires more intense training than counseling, and often tends to involve an longer commitment for the patient. Psychiatrists, to my understanding, deal more with prescribing medications. Counselors and therapists tend to concentrate more on talking through things. A psychiatrist generally prescribes meds...a counselor is more a person you talk to about how you are feeling and why... That's a VERY general differentiation... |
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