• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Psychiatrists are infamously bad at diagnosis. They better served treating than diagnosing.

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      24 days ago

      You’ve got it backwards.

      A psychiatrist will prescribe medication, but that’s as far as their treatment usually goes. Their main purpose is diagnosis.

      Psychologists are clinical therapists. They aren’t technically qualified to diagnose disorders, but may diagnose illnesses like depression.

      There’s a lot of overlap of course, but that’s generally how it goes.