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I'm interested in going into psychiatry. Would osteopathy be a good route for this?
Originally posted by Hedwig:
•...insurance companies relegating the psychiatrist to a pull-pusher...•••
I assume you mean pill-pusher. If not, let me know what a pull-pusher is. It sounds interesting...
Originally posted by QuinnNSU:
•My two cents... when I applied to DO schools the DO LOR I got was from a psychiatrist... the people at the admissions thought it was kind of funny... but anyways,
I just finished my psych rotation with a DO and it was awesome, I really enjoyed it and (if I didn't want to do ER) would consider psych. I talked a great deal to my attending about DOs and psychiatry and he says it doesnt' matter (he did a AOA internship and then a MD residency)... and that the field is wide open now and very uncompetitive, with a 40-50 hour workweek and starting salaries around 120-150. Not bad.
As for the pill-pushing, its mostly true... I think 40-60% of good treatment is medication, the rest has to be supplemented by psycho/behavioraltherapy...•••
There are some psychiatrists that split there time between their practice and another agency. A friend of mine worked 20 hrs for a non-profit org and 19 hrs at his own practice.
Many psychiatrists do believe in psychotherapy and various behavioral therapies.
Some patients have a psychiatrist for medication management and a therapist for therapy. And some of these psychiatrists will not see patients for medication, if they are not in therapy with a psychologist/social worker.