Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.  This is not to be confused with the position of a psychologist.  Though similar, the two are not the same. I personally would much rather be a psychiatrist, simply because I believe it will be more rewarding with the extra years needed. This is an idea that just recently became a possibility, but i know it requires much thought to consider. So here's what I've got for psychiatrists.

Psychiatrists begin their careers in medical school. After earning their MD, they go on to four years of residency training in mental health, typically at a hospital's psychiatric department. Some clients see a psychiatrist exclusively, for both medication and therapy. Others visit a psychiatrists solely for medications, and use other treatment team members for counseling. A common misconception about psychiatrists is that they only treat people with severe mental illness, like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, diseases for which medication is the mainstay of treatment, leaving psychotherapy to psychologists and patients with less severe problems. Some psychiatric practitioners specialize in helping certain age groups. There are plenty of good colleges for this field. All around the country colleges offer both psychology and psychiatrists like UC Davis and UCSD and Yale. The average annual salary of a psychiatrist is 195,800.

Now this is just a brief summary but unfortunately it is getting late and time is running up and it's spring break.  Again I said this just became a possibility so I don't know too much yet.