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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

A psychologist can a psychiatrist can't.

A psychologist is a proper medical degree. People confuse the two terms and use them interchangeably though.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 26 points 11 months ago

A psychiatrist is a medical professional in my country, while a psichologist is a therapist with no license to recommend or prescribe medication.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

In the US, those terms are reversed; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor and a psychologist is not.

[-] Lileath 11 points 11 months ago

Germany handles it the same way as the USA in this case.

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