Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

                                                                                                                                                  

Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in problems of mental illness. As physicians, they are licensed to use a wide variety of treatments and may write presubscription. Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities. Their own duties:

·       Designing treatment programs.

·       Conducting psychotherapy sessions.

·       Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.

·       Supervising electrotherapy treatments.

·       Conduction research.

·       Leading a team of mental health care providers.

 Average Salary: $90,000 - $200,000

Educational Requirements:

Bachelors, Masters, Ph.D. degrees

In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathy or osteopathy medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

                                                                    

Reflection:

If I had a choice to become a psychiatrist, I probably wouldn’t. Why? I’m not good with giving people advice. I’ll probably fail at being it either way.