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Growing up, I always had a lot of admiration for psychiatrists, in part because a relative close to me had autism and was under the care of a good psychiatrist. I was therefore surprised to find when I entered college and medical school, that many did not hold the profession in the high regard that I did. Even though I know I shouldnt and dont want to, I sometimes find myself upset and frustrated when I hear classmates or other physicians say things like psychiatry is not real medicine, or that no one wants to go into psychiatry, or that people dont respect psychiatrists. Now, I didnt go into medicine for respect
and even though I clearly do not believe psychiatry is not real medicine I still find myself annoyed when people make such comments.
Did any of you ever feel this way? Are you able to just ignore? Any thoughts of advice for me? Also, do you think these attitudes will change anytime in the near future?
Did any of you ever feel this way? Are you able to just ignore? Any thoughts of advice for me? Also, do you think these attitudes will change anytime in the near future?