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# Psychiatrists can prescribe drugs
Psychologists can't
(Mucifer I like mooses, best of all the animals, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:42, archived)
# yes, but to become a psychiatrist you need a degree in Psychology don't you?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:44, archived)
# More likely a degree in medicine
(I helped save b3ta! Corebowe wants to practice with real bullets now!, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:45, archived)
# what good is degree in medicine to an analytical observer?
(granted it may be of some use in spotting if someones mental condition is due to external stimulus, but that should also have been spotted by the doctor who refered the patient to the Psychiatrist)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:49, archived)
# psychiatry beleives its all medical
or can be solved by medical means - analysts are psychiatrists who receive around four years extra psychodynamic training. not all psychiatrists are analysts
(I helped save b3ta! harryfreeze Ignore, Hide, I like this!, Reply, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:52, archived)
# so you can be a psychiatrist without any psychology training?
thats madness!


:D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:54, archived)
# More importantly
you can be a psychologist without any medical training. My sister is on track to becoming a child psychologist. She will do teacher training and not anything medically related.
(jaldo_dron a delicate balance, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 12:02, archived)
# which is what I was on about in the first place
Can anyone actually answer my original question?

Can you be a psychiatrist without any training in Psychology? Because it sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 12:24, archived)
# fuck no
you just need a superiority complex

edit: more specifically, five year undergrad med degree, one year junior doctor post anywhere, two to three years specialising as Senior House Officer in psychiatry (when you are a de facto psychiatrist), then specialist registrar for a few years, then consultant starting on 85k
(I helped save b3ta! harryfreeze Ignore, Hide, I like this!, Reply, Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:47, archived)