Psychologist or Psychiatrist?
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¿PSYCHOLOGIST THE PSYCHIATER?
Choosing a Psychologist or Psychiatrist
Psychiatry, being a medical discipline, has as a fundamental element the realization of a diagnosis, which implies the ability to distinguish mental disorders and behavioral disorders due to other causes. The big difference between psychiatrists and psychologists is that the former are specialized doctors, while psychologists have clinical training and specialization on human behavior, but not medical skills. Therefore, the initial assessment and diagnosis by a psychiatrist is very important, ruling out that the symptoms that one has are not due to a non-psychiatric illness. In our practice, psychiatrist and psychologist work in an interdisciplinary way, collaborating with each other to achieve the best treatment for our patients. However, the specific treatment will always depend on the case and the patient, therefore, only the psychology service or only the psychiatry service may be required, or one treatment may predominate over the other, always in a consensual way between the professional and the patient.
