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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? Offers Therapy?

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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 then my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was treated there. You begin with psychosocial assessment and care. And you feed the medicine in. Barbara: You do.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

So this is about two and a half, three years out from leukemia diagnosis. And the point of that is that so many people, in my experience, and I’m sure it’s the same initial diagnosis of cancer, that’s the last thing that I want to talk about. And I said, sure. And I had that mortified look on my face of God.

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