The reason why we got banned

no, lol, it isn't. The biggest difference is psychiatrists are actual MDs (or DOs) and can prescribe medication, while psychologists cannot. Take it from someone who has vast experience with both....

 

one treating normal, healthy people, while another one deals with mentally damaged, sometimes very dangerous people. one is doctor, while another one is just consultant. where is it the same?

 

dont see a reason to talk with someone who dont see a difference between MD and ordinary human

 

psychologists don't treat normal, healthy people. normal healthy people have no need for psychological consultation, testing, counseling, or therapeutic mental help.

 

A lot of people with a bachelors degree in psychology are actually called counselors.
Often times a person with a masters degree in psychology will be a psychologist.
Always a person with a medical degree, residency, and board certification in psychiatry will be a psychiatrist.

2 of those three have permission to prescribe drugs with a national identification number (very similar system also in europe).
one of those 3 will have the ability to prescribe nearly any drug on any schedule (level) approved by the FDA. (also similar in europe)



edit before my edit: yes i typed annoying on purpose. i cannot help myself after that grammar nazi post yesterday.

 

Actually, in the US, only two states allow psychologists to prescribe meds (Louisiana and New Mexico). The only other exceptions are military psychologists and the Indian Health Service....

 

and i gues you know more then us right ?