What is the difference between a psychologist, psychiatrist, educational evaluator, and counselor?
Clinically trained psychologists and psychiatrists are professionals with approximately the same number of years of formal training. A basic difference between them is the type of training they have taken. Psychiatrists hold a degree in medicine like your family doctor and have taken additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional and behavioural problems. As physicians, they are licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and can prescribe drugs. For the most part, their fees are paid by Manitoba Health. A clinically trained psychologist have a Ph.D. degree specializing in the study of human emotion and behaviour. They may assess, diagnose, and treat problems related to emotion, thought, and behaviour, and are the only professionals allowed to administer and interpret certain kinds of tests used to assess intelligence, psychopathology, and brain dysfunction. Private practice psychologists are registered by a provincial college of psychologists in Canada or a Sta
