Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

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

o   Designing treatment programs

o   Conducting psychotherapy sessions

o   Prescribing potent mental illness drugs

o   Supervising electrotherapy treatments

o   Conducting research

o   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 allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrist must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

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Reflection:

I wouldn’t like to be a psychiatrist for the reason that you hold the peoples thoughts in your own hands. Such as they’re depressed I wouldn’t want to give the wrong advice and them doing something awful to themselves. I would like to be own on the other hand because they get payed a lot just to listen.