A major difference between clinical social work and psychiatry is
A. the use of verbal techniques.
B. the use of nonverbal techniques.
C. the ability to prescribe medications.
D. a focus on intrapsychic issue.
C. the ability to prescribe medications.
Clinical social work has much in common with Psychiatry. The primary defining difference between the two is that the Psychiatrist can prescribe medication. In recent years, psychiatry has placed an increasing emphasis on the use of medications. Both professions, however, emphasize social functioning and sue similar technique.
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