“Can a psychiatrist prescribe medications to his or her patients?”
My friend has been visiting a psychiatrist for the treatment of depression. After about month, she is still feeling quite down. Can a psychiatrist prescribe drugs to help treat his or her patients?
3 Answers
Psychiatrists are physicians and can and do prescribe medications for depression. They also can provide psychotherapy.
Psychiatrists at Medical Doctors. They definitely can prescribe medications. Are you sure you’re friend is seeing a psychiatrist? Because if your friend is still depressed after a month of treatment and there is no urge for the one she is seeing to prescribe medications and just simply continues on with therapy, most likely you’re friend is seeing a Doctor of Psychology and not a Medical Doctor that treats psychiatric disorders- Psychiatrist. Psychiatrists, however, have the capability of doing both psychotherapy and use of psychotropic medications to treat the psychiatric problem.
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