Psychiatrist

The distinction between psychologists and psychiatrists in the field of mental health has been the subject of debate for many years. In the annotated psychiatry dictionary, ‘psychiatrist is defined as a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental and affective disorders’, while the Turkish Psychological Association defines the term psychologist as ‘a person who has graduated from at least a four-year undergraduate program in the psychology department of a university’ (2006, Savaş et al. al.) Psychologists examine not only the normal behaviors of the individual, but also the abnormal behaviors that affect the relationships with himself or other individuals and include some disorders.

Both areas of specialization are related to mental health. Mostly they work together. The difference is that psychiatrists have medical …

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