Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities

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

·        Designing treatment programs.

·        Conducting psychotherapy sessions.

·        Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.

·        Supervising electrotherapy treatments.

·        Conducting research.

·        Leading 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.

I think I will like to be a psychiartist because they win good money and it seems intersting to work at a hospitals and help others.