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L have severe social anxiety. could a psychologist also prescribe for me a medicine or i should see a psychiatric also.

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Combination: You should strongly consider a combination of cognitive behaviour therapy and pharmacologic therapy after a diagnostic evaluation is performed by both professionals.

Answered 7/1/2017

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