2007-04-05 06:15:40 · 12 answers · asked by noblejoe@sbcglobal.net 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yes. A psychiatrist goes to medical school, just like any other doctor of medicine. They then do residency and internship to specialize in psychiatry.
2007-04-05 06:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by TeriR 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they have to become a doctor of medicine before they can be a psychiatrist.
2007-04-05 06:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by David R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a psychiatrist is a medical doctor. They must go to medical school as other doctors do and then take psychiatry as their specialty just as a cardiolologist or a neurologist would do. Notice that a psychiatrist most often does not counsel so much as they mediacate while a psychologist counsels but cannot (I believe) prescribe medication.
2007-04-05 06:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A psychiatrist is a M.D. (medical doctor). A psychologist is a Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy). A psychiatrist goes to medical school like every other M.D., trains in a hospital and does their residency there, too. Ph.D.s get a Bachelors, then a Masters then their Doctorate degrees. They never go to medical school.
2007-04-05 06:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A psychiatrist is more than a medical doctor. First they get their MD, they have do 4 years of Residency in Psychiatry.
2007-04-05 06:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by Susie L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before a person become psychiatrist he has to pass through the medical education. then pass the entrance exams then he can start his/her further studies in psychiatrist. so in the terms of degree he is doctor of medicine but he is practicing in mental health sub speciality. it doent necessarily means that he/she cant treat other kinds of physical illness but he is not practising it since long time once he in psychiatry.
2007-04-05 06:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by vindiesl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A psychiatrist is definitely a doctor and since they are doctors, they are also authorized to write out prescriptions.
2007-04-05 06:26:20 · answer #7 · answered by music lvr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a psychiatrist is most certainly a doctor of medicine, who has then specialized in the arena of mental health.
2007-04-05 06:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One must have an MD or the equivalent such as DO to be a psychiatrist.
2007-04-05 06:18:37 · answer #9 · answered by fatboycool 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I think psychiatrist just steal your money and make you think what they want you to think.
2007-04-05 06:23:55 · answer #10 · answered by rose_aisha2005 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋