Sunday, October 21, 2012

Depression

Depression is one of the mental illnesses treated by psychiatrists.

http://psychiatryfortworth.com/depression-tms/

Healthy Brain

Psychiatrists have to know how a healthy brain works in order to know when a brain is not working correctly.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/psychiatry-and-the-brain

Can't Survive Alone

Many times psychiatrists uses prescriptions to help solve chemical imbalances that cause mental problems. without the pharmaceutics companies psychiatrists could not get their patients theses medicines. The companies also depend on psychiatrist to prescribe the drugs so they can make their money.

Specialties

This is a web page that describes some of the psychiatry sub-specialties.

http://psychiatrydegrees.hubpages.com/hub/Psychiatry-Specialties

How to Become a Psyhciatrist

This page tells how to become a psychiatrist. It explains the education, training, and licensing involved.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-4

Psychiatry and The Law

Forensic psychiatrists work with courts to determine if a individual is competent to stand trial, and if they have a defense based on mental diseases. They also can give sentencing recommendations.

Wages

This page shows the Buereau of Labor Statiscs average wages of psychiatrist compared to other physicians and surgeons. Psychiatrists make an average of $200,694 a year.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-5