8. Read the text on the previous page and answer the following questions.
1. Why are the three professions often confused?
2. Is there always a clear distinction between the three professions?
3. What different backgrounds do they require?
4. Who can prescribe medicine? Why?
5. What is Psychology the study of?
6. What is Psychiatry?
7. What does Psychotherapy involve?
8. What do psychologists do?
9. What do psychiatrists do?
10. What do psychotherapists do?
9. Look at the pictures and decide who they refer to: a psychiatrist, a psychologist or a psychotherapist.
Give reasons for your choice.
10. Decide whether the following activities are done by psychologists (A), psychiatrists (B) or psychotherapists (C).
A B C
1. ... prescribe medicines. ☐ ☐ ☐
2. ... study human behaviour and brain function. ☐ ☐ ☐
3. ... work with people that suffer from depression or phobias. ☐ ☐ ☐
4. ... study mental disorders. ☐ ☐ ☐
5. ... treat psychosomatic disorders. ☐ ☐ ☐
6. ... help clients change their behaviour. ☐ ☐ ☐
7. ... also deal with substance use disorders. ☐ ☐ ☐
11. Find the synonyms for the following words in the reading passage on the previous page.
1. words: ..................................................
2. jobs: ..................................................
3. thus: ..................................................
4. modify: ..................................................
5. assess: ..................................................
6. teams: ..................................................
7. communicate: ..................................................
8. look at: ..................................................
9. features: ..................................................
10. information: ..................................................
GLOSSARY
to address: affrontare
to administer: somministrare
counselling: consulenza psicologica
degree: laurea
even though: anche se
findings: conclusioni, risultanze
overlap: sovrapporsi
to survey: esaminare
underlying: sottostante, alla base di