Do I have to study medicine to become a psychiatrist?
I am currently in school to get my teaching license in special education, I just started. What I want to do when I get my license and start teaching is work on getting my masters in psychology, then my doctorate in psychiatry. Is this even a possibility? I have tried talking to a few different advisers at my college but they kind of laughed at me.
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June 18th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Psychiatrists have a MD, not a PhD (medical degree, not a doctorate). You’d need a PhD to be a psychologist. You’d need to do the premed classes in college along with whatever major you choose.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Yes, to be a psychiatrist, you MUST be a licensed medical doctor.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
To be a Psychiatrist you have to be an MD…..
June 18th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
"I have tried talking to a few different advisers at my college but they kind of laughed at me."
I can see why. Someone who cannot distinguish between Psychology and Psychiatry has no business studying either.