Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists
Bright Outlook
Career outlook for
Psychiatrists
What's it like?
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.
Working conditions
Tasks
- Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
- Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.
- Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments.
Top Skills
- Active Listening.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Speaking.
- Critical Thinking.
- Reading Comprehension.
- Writing.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Active Learning.
- Monitoring.
- Science.
- Coordination.
- Service Orientation.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Learning Strategies.
- Persuasion.
- Instructing.
- Negotiation.
- Operations Analysis.
- Systems Analysis.
- Systems Evaluation.