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Who is better at diagnosing any mental health problem or mental illness is it a psychiatrist or psychologist?
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Psychiatrist.
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A Psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can both prescribe medicines and counsel a client.
A Psychologist is a non medical person who can counsel and perform some psychological tests on a client but cant prescibe any medicine.
Usually both work together for the betterment of an individual.
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