Psychiatrist
Duties and Responsibilities:
Psychiatrists
are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness. A 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:
·
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,
Maters ,Ph.D. degrees
In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in
allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrist must complete are intensive
three year residency in psychiatry.
I wouldn’t be a psychiatrist because theres a lot requirements for being one and it looks very difficult.