| Psychiatrist jobs are becoming more and more in | | | | not only to attract new talent to the field but also to |
| demand, which is driving up the salary and benefit | | | | keep existing psychiatric professionals well taken care |
| packages employers are willing to offer for them. In | | | | of. |
| 2001, the National Mental Health Association found that | | | | In today's market psychiatrists can not only expect a |
| the USA was losing as much as $113 billion dollars to | | | | stable work environment and a considerable salary, but |
| the costs of untreated and mistreated mental illnesses, | | | | also a wide variety of employee benefits. While paid |
| faulty or poorly planned mental health spending | | | | holidays, vacation time, sick leave, medical, dental and |
| programs, discriminating business practices and fear | | | | vision coverage are all fairly standard, many employers |
| and misunderstandings of functioning individuals with | | | | are also offering pension plans and a diverse array of |
| mental health issues in the workplace. With so much | | | | deferred retirement funds complete with a percentage |
| loss from a lack of understanding and treatment of | | | | of employer matched contributions. Some employers |
| mental illness in the USA, it's no surprise there's an | | | | go even farther in offering certain types of paid |
| ongoing effort to bolster the industry. With more than | | | | professional insurance, paid licensing fees, and various |
| thirty thousand practicing psychiatrists in America, | | | | other benefits. |
| though, you may think that the market is pretty well | | | | Aside from increasing employee benefits, psychiatry is |
| saturated. That's simply not the case. In 2002, 40% of | | | | an incredibly rewarding field to begin with. Most |
| psychiatrists in the USA were over the age of 55 and | | | | psychiatrists work in a calm, quiet environment, |
| headed towards retirement. And with more than an | | | | contribute daily to other people's health and welfare, |
| estimated 50 million | | | | and are able to learn and grow professionally all while |
| Americans suffering from a mental disorder in any | | | | sustaining a more than modest income of between |
| given year, the demand for psychiatric care is not likely | | | | one and two hundred thousand dollars annually. While |
| to slacken. | | | | psychiatrists certainly endure some stress involved in |
| A lot of other factors are contributing to the high | | | | being exposed to their patients's sufferings and |
| demand for psychiatrists. Growing population density, | | | | personal challenges, this stress is often far outweighed |
| higher average educational achievements that result in | | | | by their ability to substantially contribute to those |
| increasing numbers of high income families, a rapidly | | | | patient's quality of life. Psychiatry is a generous and |
| growing health care industry, longer life expectancies | | | | nurturing practice at its core, and while it takes a |
| and an ever expanding understanding of the field all | | | | person who is deeply invested in the care of others to |
| lend to psychiatric care becoming more and more | | | | be successful in the field, it's incredibly fulfilling in its own |
| commonplace. | | | | right to the correct kind of person. |
| Psychiatrists who operate private practices are feeling | | | | With such a growing demand for psychiatrists, and |
| the benefits of these circumstances in much the same | | | | such a diverse offering of benefits, committing the time |
| way that other successful entrepreneurs would, that is, | | | | and money necessary for the proper education and |
| in an increasing demand for their trade. Employers of | | | | training to enter the field is a better investment now |
| psychiatrists, on the other hand, are offering higher | | | | than ever. |
| wages and more comprehensive benefits packages, | | | | |