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 treatment sand 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.DDEGREES

In addition to completing the requirements from a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrist must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Reflection: do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? Being a psychiatrist must be a great job, however in order to become one you have to be positive about yourself and open. Eventually, Im not positive about myself  and sometimes I don’t follow my own advices.