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Why
Choose a Psychiatrist?
Of all
the mental health providers in the United States, only psychiatrists
are fully licensed medical doctors. Because they are physicians,
psychiatrists can order or perform a full range of medical
laboratory and psychological tests that provide a complete
picture of a patient's physical and mental state. Their education
and years of clinical experience equip them to understand
the complex relationship between emotional and other medical
illness, evaluate all the medical and psychological data,
make a diagnosis, and develop a treatment plan.
Also,
as physicians, they are the only mental health providers who
can prescribe medication and order medical tests.
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