What do psychiatrists do?

Questions about psychiatrists: What if??....?

• I know that besides specializing in psychiatry in residency, psychiatrists took the same medical training as other doctors to become a general practicioner-would they technically be ...show more

• Answer:

  psychiatrists go to medical school, and have an MD just like someone who becomes a surgeon does. when you ask if they are as skilled about medications, the thing is, though all doctors have the same basic training, certain specialities obviously are going to know/need to know certain things. therefore, they will have different skills. an internist will be more skilled than a psychiatrist in diagnosing more physical diseases, while a psychiatrist will be more skilled at diagnosing mental disorders, because that is what they need to know for their specific job.