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As always it was an excellent show. I wanted to take a teensy bit of time to talk about the differences in mental health providers because it seemed like everybody had a confused view of whats doin. Plus the more you know and shit.
ANYWAY, there are four big types of mental health providers that adults run into. Organized by how much school you have to go through starting with the most.
Psychiatrists-Can prescribe medications. Will often only talk to patients long enough to determine what type of medication would work best for them and refer the patient to another type of provider for actual therapy. Also often seen in hospital settings and with more severe types of disorders like schizophrenia.
Psychologists-Have a PhD. Mostly does testing, teaching and research. Often will provide therapy as well. If they do one of the other things there will only be 4-5 clients.
Social Workers- Do a lot of case management, like working with DCFS. Can do therapy as well. Focus on overall context of disorders.
Mental Health Counselors- Therapists and focused on social justice issues.
Soooooo thats it, if people care.
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