Psychiater

Psychiater est medicus qui callet in psychiatria, disciplina medicinae se dedita ad diagnosis, prohibitionem, indagationem curationem perturbationium mentis. Psychologo differente, psychiater est medicus autem et aestimare debet aegrum ad determinandum symptomas utrum morbi corporis aegritudinis an compositionem morbi et perturbationis an perturbationis purae psychiatricae. Ut pars aestimationis laboratoriorum, psychiater examinationem compotis animi et corporis, delineationem cerebri sicut tomographiam computationis, MRI, tomographiam positroni emissionis, examinationem sanguinis adhiberi potest. Psychiater medicinam praescribit, et psychotherapiam adhiberi potest. Tametsi maioritas vasta administrationem medicalem facit et psychologum aut artificium therapeutae delegat ad psychotherapiam hebdomadis vel per alternum mensem.

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