Both psychiatrists and psychologists prescribe medication to patients. A.
True
B.
False

It is false. The psychiatrist is the only one empowered to indicate medication to patients, while the psychologist indicates therapies that do not involve drugs.

Explanation:

Psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the treatment of mental illness, and as a physician is allowed to prescribe medications.

Psychologist is a professional of a branch related to health sciences, whose field of work is behavioral disorders, their prevention, diagnosis and treatment based on non-pharmacological therapies. Organic disorders -mental disease- detected in a patient by the psychologist should be referred to the psychiatrist for pharmacological management.

The psychologist's power to prescribe medication has been the subject of debate, since some people think that a psychologist should be able to prescribe pharmacological treatment.

In the US, there are at least two states where the clinical psychologist has permission to prescribe medication.