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Psychiatry vs Psychology

Its not good to do 11 module evaluation surveys at one shot. They're all the same questions in repeats and your evaluation turns from truth to white lies, just to get over the irritating surveys.

There's a question that's been bothering me for some time: what's the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist? I knew the difference, but i just felt that was a surface difference and there was a lot more difference between the two. The two are interesting fields, very similar to each other yet vastly different but they work in tandem with each other.

To keep it simple, a psychiatrist is a mad doctor, while a psychologist is a people's doctor. You see the former once in a while to collect medicine and certificates or letters to certify you unfit for certain courses or tasks, while you see the latter more often (usually weekly) to cure your inner being and make your mental state more stable.

The route to professionalism of both are equally tough, though i would say that a psychologist has it slightly easier. A psychiatrist first applies for a medicine, and after obtaining a M.D., he must apply for specialisation in the psychiatry field which requires another 4 years or thereabout. A psychologist doesn't have to go through the hassle of medicine and goes straight to FASS but he has to obtain a PhD in psychology to be able to practice and gain a rapport. That's about six years or more, depending on the country.

When one has a medical problem, the psychiatrist treats the body while follow-ups are done with the psychologist. And i refer to mental or behavioural problems; other than those illnesses, please see a normal General Practitioner. The good thing about a psychiatrist is that he can fall back on his M.D. in times of low demand and go back to be a G.P. A psychologist doesn't have that privilege, and can only work in fields of counselling and will reap money depending on his own skills.

Few knows this difference, and the first time that i was exposed to it was when Ms Sie told the class that very little people can make this distinction and hence will fill in university application forms with a wrong idea until they do further research.

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