General Description/Overview
Psychiatry is in the Human Services Career Cluster and
the Counseling and Mental Health Services Pathway. For
this job you help patients by talking to them about family
personal or any problems they're having and diagnose them.
You can also prescribe them to medication to help them with
their anxiety or depression. Salary for this career ranges anywhere
from $81,610 to $166,400+. Employment growth in this area is
supposed to be around 12%. Some related occupations are
school counselors, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors.
the Counseling and Mental Health Services Pathway. For
this job you help patients by talking to them about family
personal or any problems they're having and diagnose them.
You can also prescribe them to medication to help them with
their anxiety or depression. Salary for this career ranges anywhere
from $81,610 to $166,400+. Employment growth in this area is
supposed to be around 12%. Some related occupations are
school counselors, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors.
Education/Training
High School students looking at going
into this field of work should take
courses that exceed college requirements.
After High School you must complete a bachelors
degree then go on to medical school. After
medical school if you want to be a Psychiatrist many
people take a four year residency at a hospital. Anything
that looks good on a college application is a good idea if this is what you want to do.
Good ways to advance in this field mainly just include getting well known in your profession.
into this field of work should take
courses that exceed college requirements.
After High School you must complete a bachelors
degree then go on to medical school. After
medical school if you want to be a Psychiatrist many
people take a four year residency at a hospital. Anything
that looks good on a college application is a good idea if this is what you want to do.
Good ways to advance in this field mainly just include getting well known in your profession.
Nature of Work
For this profession you work 40-50 hours a week.
On a day-to-day work day you would talk to patients
and evaluate them. Then diagnose them and think
of a way to help them with any condition they may have.
Some advantages to this job is that you get to help people
and it pays well. Some disadvantages to this job would be
if you have a patient that just never seems to get any better.
On a day-to-day work day you would talk to patients
and evaluate them. Then diagnose them and think
of a way to help them with any condition they may have.
Some advantages to this job is that you get to help people
and it pays well. Some disadvantages to this job would be
if you have a patient that just never seems to get any better.
Opinion
I think that this could be a possible job for me because
I think I am good at giving people advice and I also like
to help people.
I think I am good at giving people advice and I also like
to help people.