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Can a Psychiatrist Prescribe Medication?

Doctor On Demand

A psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor (MD or DO) who specializes in mental health. Here’s a quick comparison of mental health providers and whether they can prescribe medication: Provider Can Prescribe? Our licensed mental health providers are available 7 days a week, including evenings and weekends.

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Regardless of the severity of a patient's illness and diagnosis, time and again I am now witnessing an unsettling fear in their eyes, conveying a belief that somehow Covid-19 is playing a part in their (lack of) well-being. Don't bog down our front-line medical providers with mild symptoms. They are scared. Wear a mask.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

What does this diagnosis mean to you? And so I’ve had an opportunity to participate that at our Livestrong cancer clinic here at Dell Medical School. And it requires others to bring up and the medical school, Dell Medical School’s early motto was rethink everything. And you feed the medicine in.

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