Oct
28
What is the difference between Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology?
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Question: I am currently enrolled in school studying for my B.S. in Psychology, and I really don’t know what career path I’d like to take. Im narrowing it down to the Forensic field, but there are some differences in Psychology and Psychiatry. If you are either a FORENSIC Psychologist or FORENSIC Psychiatrist, your experiences and job description would be greatly appreciated.







2 Comments
October 28th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Psychiatrists are the ones who can prescribe medications…they treat individuals who have the greater mental diseases….and forensics I know is in the criminal justice field (scary to me)
October 28th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
a psychiatrist is a medically trained doctor, a psychologist isn’t. So you couldn’t be a forensic psychiatrist without studying medicine