Psychologists

A psychologist is a professional studying the behavior of the human mind including cognition and behavior. Psychologists are also concerned with thoughts, feelings and motivation are behind the particular behavior, and studies of human population its activities and social phenomena.

Psychologists are often confused with psychiatrists. While psychology studies human behavior, psychiatry studies and diagnoses mental disorders, management and prevention. Psychiatrists are trained medical doctors and are authorized to offer medical prescriptions as treatment to patients while psychologists are not.

Psychologists who also work with patients under different therapeutic contexts offer services for mental health as a psychotherapist. Psychotherapists are health professionals specializing with therapeutic services like personal counseling. They are trained to be both psychological and psychiatric professionals but working more on counseling and modification of behaviors. Professional psychologists may apply the principles of psychological research. People who conduct academic researches and teach the science of psychology in colleges and universities are also called psychologists. A psychologist may work as a counselor in schools or companies and/or can also specialize as a clinical psychologist performing laboratory researches experimenting on the human mind. There are also psychologists who work with children and victims of trauma.