How Silicon Valley is dealing with mental illness

Re:How Silicon Valley is dealing with mental illness by marincounty on Thursday February 11, 2016 @01:42AM (#11078594)

Please tell me you are not a licenced Psychologist?

If you managed to get through med school, and finish a residency in Psychiatry; I have a money making idea:

Write a book on just how you got into medical school.

(Wow--could you imagine pulling out you wallet/purse after this session?)

Sorry dude, but please, see a psychiatrist. Bring this post.

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Re:How Silicon Valley is dealing with mental illness by jwdunne on Thursday February 11, 2016 @02:37AM (#11078760)

Not sure if it's the same in the US but a clinical psychologist is not a psychiatrist.

A psychiatrist is a specialist medical doctor. They've been right through the whole med school thing.

A clinical psychologist takes an accredited psychology BSc and then takes further courses. These finalises with a doctorate, giving the Dr title. They are, however, not medical doctors.

It may have changed but a good rule of thumb is that a psychiatrist can prescribe the full range of treatments, including medication. From what I recall, a clinical psychologist focuses on prescription of therapy - they may need a psychiatrist to prescribe if they believe medication would be useful.

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