Thursday, August 14, 2014

Psychiatrist


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. Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics or universities. Their duties include:

·     Designing treatment programs.
·     Conducting psychotherapy sessions.
·     Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.
·     Supervising electrotherapy treatments.
·     Conducting 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 allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to be a psychiatrist because I would like to help people by giving them treatment for any problem they may have. Many people have problems and I would like to help them overcome that problem. I also like communicating with people and psychiatry is basically talking with people and trying to help them. I would like to hear their problems and figure out a way I can help them. Also this job is very well paying. This job requires educational requirements and by completing those educational requirements I could use them for another job not just specifically psychiatry.

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