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What is a physician and a psychiatrist?

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A physician is a doctor, but for what? ( foot, general, heart, bone etc?)

and a psychiatrist is a doctor (therapist sorta?) that can prescribe pills to patients?

im so lost, please help!

vicki b
vicki b

Physicians are medical doctors and they can specialize in orthopedics, cardiology, endocrinology, dermatology, ear nose and throat, internal medicine, oncology, surgery etc.

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor, as well, but he specializes in treating mental illnesses by doing therapy and prescribing medication.

Foot doctors are podiatrists and they are not M.D.'s, per se, they are called DPM's, doctors of podiatric medicine.

Chelsea Hoover
Chelsea Hoover

A psychiatrist is a physician who has specialized in mental health and is able to prescribe medications to their patients.

a physician is just a generic term for a doctor.


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