| They think they don't need help, but reality shows that | | | | obsessive-compulsive disorder. Schizophrenics may |
| they are stuck and need help to get out. For some | | | | suffer from paranoia, delusions, or hallucinations. People |
| reason in America people work harder than other | | | | with obsessive-compulsive disorder feel compelled to |
| countries. For example take mothers; in other countries | | | | perform time-consuming and disruptive rituals like |
| mothers stay home with kids and be a full time mom. | | | | washing their hands constantly or repeating certain |
| In America only about 15% of moms stay at home. | | | | phrases. To become a psychiatrist, you'll need to |
| What does that tell you?? Lots of divorces, lots of | | | | complete a bachelor's degree this assuming takes |
| problems, lots of heartbreakers. But when someone's | | | | about four years and medical school. Most medical |
| moods and thoughts start to make daily life difficult, a | | | | schools accept people from a range of academic |
| psychiatrist can often help. | | | | backgrounds, including the humanities. However, |
| Psychiatrists are specially trained doctors who treat | | | | completion of several key science courses is usually |
| people with mental and emotional disorders. Their job is | | | | required. To get into medical school is very hard. |
| to help with your problems, but not solve them for you. | | | | Candidates have to put together all admission tests |
| They may suggest you the solutions but you have to | | | | and see who has the highest score. Medical school |
| figure out what is the best for you. Their job is not that | | | | then interviews those who were on their list. |
| hard, just listen but it is hard to get a degree or a | | | | For people to apply to medical school two years in a |
| license on it. Psychological and physical conditions are | | | | row before being accepted it is not uncommon. While |
| sometimes related. Some psychological disorders are | | | | in medical school, you pick electives preparing for |
| associated with changes in brain chemistry, while | | | | psychiatry. After completing medical school, you are a |
| others may be partly hereditary. | | | | doctor, but you still have to do a period of on-the-job |
| One thing that makes psychiatrists different from | | | | training called a residency. The residency for |
| counselors and psychologists is that they are also | | | | psychiatrist is around four years. At the end of it, you |
| medical doctors. When treating patient's psychiatrists | | | | have to pass license exam, which allows you to |
| consider biological factors as well as life events and | | | | practice psychiatry in your state. Some psychiatrists |
| stresses. They can order medical tests, prescribe | | | | choose to specialize in a sub-field, such as child and |
| medication, and have patients hospitalized if necessary. | | | | adolescent psychiatry or forensic psychiatry. |
| Psychiatrists treat many different kinds of problems. | | | | Specialization requires an additional one to two years |
| Some of the most common are depression, | | | | of training. Psychiatric work can be extremely |
| manic-depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and | | | | rewarding. |
| addictions. Other problems include schizophrenia and | | | | |