What is the difference between psychology and psychiatry?

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    Suni K | Guide-Level 14

    9 years ago
    A Psychiatrist is a person with MBBS and MD/DPM in Psychiatry and is considered as a doctor who can prescribe medicines. But psychologists cannot prescribe medicines and rely on alternate therapeutic approaches such as counselling, guidance and psychotherapy.

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