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is a psychologist the same thing as a psychoanalyst?
i need the person who is in the field of psychoanalytic theory.
and what is a psychiatrist?
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- liveyourlifeLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
A psychologist is not necessarily the same thing. There are different schools of psychology. A psychologist is very general. Psychologists study behavior and mental processes.
A psychoanalyst specifies in Sigmind Freud's school of psychology - it deals with the unconscious mind.
A psychiatrist is someone who specializes in mental disorders and has a MD. They're able to prescribe medicine.
Source(s): psychology class - +)Lv 41 decade ago
Psychiatrists go to Med school. They can prescribe drugs (some states allow psychologists to prescribe them as well, and more will in the future.) Psychoanalysts are kind of a branch of psychology. Psychology is like the umbrella, there are various schools of psychology within it. Psychoanalysis is one, there is clinical, school psychology, etc.
