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Originally Posted by SS107.9MHz
Yes, but psychologists do spend about the same time studying psychology... which is a bit more time than a psychiatrist does! Well at least in Portugal they do...
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In Germany, too, but psychologists are no qualified medical specialists. That's why they are not allowed to subscribe drugs. Also, the difficulty of studying medicine and psychology - do not compare. In no way. Never. Compared to medicine, regarding learning quantities and workload, studying psychology is holidays. Medical students lack in statistical and methodological teaching, though - it's the one thing where psychology students really learn much more.
Psychiatrists' psychological tools of choice are pharmacy and classical psychoanalysis. Psychologists' psychological tools are all the rest. Psychiatrists are fully trained medical absolvents. Psychologists have just a rather basic oversight on physiology and neurophysiology - nothing of that qualifies them to subscribe according drugs and invasive therapies.
Both for doctors and psychologists, the permission to become practicing full therapist in psychotherapy is also an
additional qualification. You cannot study psychotherapy at university, and you are no pychotherapist when having a diploma in medicine or psychology. For psychologists, there even is no academic grade of Dr. or Prof. They become Dr. phil. or Prof. phil instead.