Psychology is the study of human behaviour. Psychologists aim to predict, then help change problematic behaviours of individuals, groups or organisations. Psychology is a vast discipline and covers many different areas such as Clinical (the application of psychology to mental health problems), Sports, Organisational, Educational and Community, to name but a few. The science of psychology is not a medical science, therefore psychologists cannot prescribe drugs, which is the province of psychiatrists who are medically trained. However in some parts of the USA, the discipline of psychology is experimenting with training psychologists in pharmacology so that they can prescribe drugs for common mental health problems.
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