Child Psychiatrist
By: ShaQuindra Savage
What they do...?
Psychiatrists are mental health physicians who diagnose and treat mental illnesses through combinations of personal counseling, psychoanalysis, hospitalization, and medication.
Job Outlook
- Employment of physicians and surgeons is projected to grow 18 percent from 2012 to 2022.
- Job growth will occur because of the continued expansion of healthcare-related industries.
Psychiatrist get payed about $220,252 anually.
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Work Environment
- Many physicians work in private offices or clinics, often with a small staff.
- Increasingly, physicians are working in group practices, healthcare organizations, or hospitals, where they share a large number of patients with other doctors.
- Most physicians and surgeons work full time.
- Many physicians and surgeons work long, irregular, and overnight hours.
How do you become one?
- Physicians have demanding education and training requirements. Almost all physicians complete at least 4 years of undergraduate school, 4 years of medical school, and, depending on their specialty, 3 to 8 years in internship and residency programs.
- Most applicants to medical school have at least a bachelor's degree
- Although no specific major is required, all students must complete undergraduate work in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and English.
- All states require physicians and surgeons to be licensed; requirements vary by state