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A psychologist is a practitioner of psychology.
Psychology is now considered a separate field from psychiatry, and a
psychologist is not ordinarily a medical doctor and hence is unable to prescribe
psychiatric medications.
Psychology is such a wide field that practitioners often specialise in one particular area
- Child psychologists (who specialise in working with children and adolescents)
- Clinical psychologists
- Marriage counsellors
- Family therapists etc.
See also: List of psychologists
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