A Career As A Psychiatrist

Psychiatry

The career that I am interested in pursuing is being a Psychiatrist. Psychiatrists are among the highest paid professionals in the Psychological field. The primary function(s) of most Psychiatrists is to (1) accurately diagnose mental disorders and (2) to help provide treatment for the individual suffering from the disorder, most commonly in the form of medication. Psychiatrists are among the highest paid and most intensely educated of people within the Psychology field. The major difference between a Psychiatrist and other Psychologists, such as a clinical Psychologist, is that Psychiatrists are required to attend medical school in order to help them understand how various medications work effect different people. I can take from

CFNC says that in the Raleigh/Cary, the average annual pay of Psychiatrists is $229,800 or $110.48/hr.

The skills and abilities that one would need to be a Psychiatrist include, but are not limited to: Active listening, writing, reading comprehension, speaking, science, critical thinking, active learning, learning strategies, monitoring, analyzing social science data, counseling and advising people diagnosing diseases and disorders, explaining social science concepts, interviewing people to obtain information, treating mental problems, complex problem solving, coordination, persuasion, negotiation.

The schedule of a Psychiatrist depends upon their employment. If they are employed by a company of some sort, it is likely that they will work full-time, but could be called in outside of normal hours. Contrastingly, if they have their own practice, than they would be able to decided their own hours; however, they may have to work at unusual hours to meet patient’s needs and also have the possibility of being contacted by clients after

The main thing that this really made me realize, is that Psychiatrists still work long and erratic hours, even after they’re finally done with their education. For the most part, I think that this career would be a decent fit because it would allow me to analyze abstract ideas and diagnose/identify mental disorders which I am very interested in; however, now knowing the crazy hours that Psychiatrist have to work as well as how busy they are in an average day, I am really having serious second thoughts about this career. However, according to my self-assessment results, this career is right up my ally. I remember for one of the tests, I was said to be investigative and social, and this career would satisfy both of those attributes. I would be investigating all the time to figure out what disorder might be ailing my patient and since I would be working with the public, this will give me a multitude of opportunities to fine tune my social skills while simultaneously helping others. The thing that was most surprising to me about this career was that when pursuing an undergraduate degree for Psychiatry, one must major in chemistry or biology instead of Psychology because you need those majors to be accepted into med school. This was very surprising for me because I didn’t realize that you would need to major in something besides Psychology in order to