Medical Career Pathway

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, may 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

IIn addition to completing the requirements for a degree in pathological or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrist must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.     

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

I think I wouldn’t be a psychiatrist because I think it is too much work to be one.