The Psychologist vs The Psychiatrist

People get confused about the difference between psychologists and psychiatrist and for this reason, today we’ll find out all about it from a hypnotherapist in Abu Dhabi. First of all, psychology is when science works to understand behavior and mental development and to apply that understanding in the service of human well-being. There are many fields of psychology. Below is a list psychology practices:
  • Positive psychology where, the focus is on people‘s positive experience and characteristics. These people explore what lead people to feel happiness.
  • Biological psychology, these are the psychologists that use high-tech scanning devices and other tools to study how biological process in the brain affect behavior and mental processes.
  • Cognitive psychology, are those that study judgment, how we make decisions and we solve problems and how we use our imagination.  Also known as experimental psychologists, these people study how we perceive the world. 
Ex: What do you see? An old or young man? “Husband and Father-In-Law” (Botwinick, 1961).
  • Engineering psychology, when psychologists study human factors to help create better equipment in the world.  These people study how we use keyboards, and open doors, and navigate our cars so they can create the most logical design for use.
Psychiatry is dealing with mental illness, such as depression, anxiety and so on, cured with medical treatment.
  • A Psychologist will have a degree in psychology; counseling, or community health.
  • A Psychiatrist is a medical doctors specializing in abnormal behavior.
There are differences between the two fields but psychiatrists and psychologists often work together in the treatment of patients.  A psychologist and a psychiatrist are often confused as having the same meaning. While both study the brain, mind, emotions, feelings and thoughts, there is a distinct difference between the two fields of study. Psychology attempts to understand the role human behavior plays in social dynamics while incorporating physiological and neurological processes into its conceptions of mental functioning. Psychiatry adopts a medical approach but may take into account biological, psychological, and social-cultural perspectives.