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Psychiatrist
Hi, I'm 15/f and I know it's kind of far in advance to be thinking about careers, but I'm thinking of going into the field of psychiatry (not psychology). I was just wondering, what would typical day be like for a psychiatrist working in a hospital and a psychiatrist working in an office? Do they see patients often? How is a therapy session with a psychiatrist different from that of a psychologist? What I know, is that psychiatrists are medical doctors and can write perscriptions. Answers would be greatly appreciated.
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Well you have to figure out what prescriptions and what ailments this person has. Something can look Like something else. And certain stuff can have the same symptoms. You may have a lot of patients daily just depends on the place your at. If your in a busy community with lots of people there are going to be more people with more problems. Most medical Jobs like this one hhas a 9 to 5. But if you have your own office you can set your own hours. Then your sessions can be as long as you'd like them to be.
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Perhaps the schedule for my psychiatrist whom I see for bipolar disorder might help in terms of hours. From Monday-Friday my doctor sees private practice patients from 9-4 with a break for lunch.
On top of his private practice appointments he also allots 2-5 hours each Wednesday for outpatient mental health patients in the hospital.
He's on a pager all day on-call for emergencies and to care for those people who are now in his practice because they just arrived on the psych ward in crisis. He can be called at any time day/night for this and be on a 12 hour shift in some cases.
You don't get therapy sessions out of a shrink. It's not like that at all. The average sessions goes over how your life is right now, general questions about health/weight/hygene and medicine difficulties.
They ask about anxious thoughts, stress and do a variety of tests and ask questions to gauge whether someone is delusional or needs to be hospitalized every time you see them. They are the only ones who can write prescriptions.
They are the expert on every mental health issue and drug or treatment program. The psychologist just listens to you and gives ideas and expects you to work with them each session.
They do great work but the psychiatrist has to be the expert on the human mind and how it works and can be warped by these types of diseases.
It is according to my doctor often depressing work especially when it takes longer to treat a person. They have to figure out each person's problem on their own and own that illness to know what it takes to help the person beat it. They're in the fight with you round by round. It's a damn good thing too. There's no road map for this.
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