Psychiatry is the field of medicine focused on understanding and treating mental health

精神病學是專注於瞭解和治療心理健康的醫學領域。

disorders and psychological distress.

紊亂和心理困擾。

Psychiatrists can diagnose and treat mental conditions using either medication or non-pharmacologic

精神科醫生可以使用藥物或非藥物療法來診斷和治療精神疾病。

therapies.

療法。

To become a psychiatrist, you must complete 4 years of medical school, followed by 4 years

要成為一名精神病學家，你必須完成4年的醫學院學習，然後是4年的學習。

of psychiatry residency.

的精神病學住院醫師。

They are not to be confused with psychologists who complete either Master’s or PhD level

他們不能與完成碩士或博士水準的心理學家相混淆。

training and only use non-pharmacologic therapies to treat patients.

培訓，並且只使用非藥物療法來治療病人。

In terms of competitiveness, psychiatry is ranked #22 on the 2022 Med School Insiders

就競爭力而言，精神病學在2022年醫學院內部人士排名第22位。

Competitiveness Index and is the third least competitive specialty in our analysis.

競爭力指數，是我們分析中競爭力最低的第三個專業。

The average psychiatrist earns $287,000/year and works 47 hours per week.

精神病學家的平均收入為287,000美元/年，每週工作47小時。

If you enjoy spending time with patients, psychiatry is hard to beat.

如果你喜歡花時間與病人在一起，精神病學是難以超越的。

You can regularly have 45-60 minute appointments in addition to having the opportunity to see

你可以定期進行45-60分鐘的預約，此外還有機會看到

them develop and improve with time.

他們隨著時間的推移而發展和提高。

That being said, psychiatrists also often deal with difficult patient populations that

儘管如此，精神病學家也經常處理一些棘手的病人群體，這些人是

can be challenging to manage.

管理起來可能具有挑戰性。

You must also be comfortable helping patients work through emotionally heavy situations

你還必須能自如地幫助病人解決情緒上的問題。

and listening to upsetting and tragic stories.

並聽著令人不安的悲慘故事。

But if you’re interested in the mind and enjoy talking with people and hearing their

但是，如果你對心靈感興趣，並且喜歡與人交談，聽到他們的

stories, psychiatry may be a good fit.

故事，精神病學可能是一個不錯的選擇。