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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who treats mental |
| Synonyms: | clinician, disorders analyst, doctor, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink*, therapist |
| Notes: | a clinical psychologist has a PhD or PsyD and has completed an internship and a psychiatrist is a medical doctor who is specializing in mental disorders; psychotherapist is a generic term for anyone who provides psychological therapy while a psychoanalyst provides psychoanalytic therapy (as through free association and dream analysis, and must have a Master's) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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