tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481692382612559304.post5235696443793894994..comments2023-09-01T03:59:09.850-05:00Comments on Lacey Schmidt's Blog: Psychology is NOT Psychiatry: a rant against harmful confusions in fiction writing.Lacey Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286554733845936843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481692382612559304.post-59946530695816049202016-01-14T11:01:44.438-06:002016-01-14T11:01:44.438-06:00When psychologist and psychiatrist are used incorr...When psychologist and psychiatrist are used incorrectly by the writer, the reader loses confidence in the writer. Carrie Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268349592186045284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481692382612559304.post-35759211626825021472016-01-13T23:08:20.839-06:002016-01-13T23:08:20.839-06:00Wow! You have very accurately described one of my...Wow! You have very accurately described one of my pet peeves. IMHO there is no excuse for not using those terms accurately. I am a clinical psychologist with 30 years of professional experience and it still aggravates me when an author treats the words "psychologist" and "psychiatrist" as if they were interchangeable. Would you really want the flight attendant to fly the plane?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com