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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? Therapist: What’s the Difference? Offers Therapy?

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Michele: So the patients within the Department of Corrections, there are doctors at every facility. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team.

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