which do you think will make more money a MD or a Psychiatrist/Shrink?
492832
a psychiatrist is an MD..they can prescribe drugs\na psychologist is a phd, they can't prescribe drugs, and an MD would make more.
322941
Psychologist: studied psychology, i.e. how the mind works\nPsychiatrist: studied medicine, i.e. how the brain works\n\nIf problems are caused by a chemical inbalance then a psychiatrist would be the person to talk to. If it's a more diffuse illness then a psychologist is the person to see.\n\nTherapist: anyone who thinks he knows anything about helping people- this is not a trademark and does not require any education.\nShrink: same as therapist
637507
by the time you're a psychiatrist you might have worked all your kinks out.  You'll have this great brain full of nice brainy ideas and everything...everything will make more sense than your willing to understand.  So while your issues such as depression will be understood by you, you'll still have depression.
1129087
I think Medical Doctor gets higher pay.
751123
Depending on where you are and the market condition.. you can help manage group practices for doctors.. try to go for large group with speciality ..they make more money and pay more.. start working with a local health insurance company.... Hospital jobs may not be as good in the long term...get a job in the industry.. home care companies, pharmaceutical, DME companies....nursing home...etc.. join associations..get contacts...then move up in position through the connnections you develop..
1007906
Depends on what you like to do I suppose.  They can both make you a lot of money.  I am into math and science then behavior though.\n\nMy opinion is, if you can handle the math, take the pharma bio-tech route.  But that is just me.
476359
well I believe on average some one with a masters will make more, also if there is a job, I have a bachelors and you have a masters who do you think they will pick for the Job? lucky you, I will be eating romen noodles for another few weeks lol
888169
This varies very very widely by state, and where you do it, and your degree.  I had a BS in psych graduating college in 2000 and made 20K a year at my entry level job...which is low.  Then I eventually got a social work job where I make a lot more (but still not near what I deserve).  If you have a masters and can go into private practice it depends on how good you are about what you'll make.  A community mental health center salary woudl depend on your state, lower econ places you'd make around 25K a year.
445612
I'd go with Pharmaceuticals as there is more money.
357765
Because they don't recognize the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist. \n\nA psychiatrist is a medical doctor. He/she treats brain injuries, chemical dysfunctions, genetic anomalies of the brain. He/she can precribe medicine for brain disorders. Many have surgical certification and can operate on the brain to alleviate or remove the underlying physical cause of the mental dysfunction.\n\nA psychologist treats the effects of mental disease, the symptoms that don't seem to have a physical, biological cause. The neuroses, the anxieties, etc that plague so many people. This treatment can take years and years and lots and lots of your money.\n\nThe latter therapy is something Scientology would rather you take to them, as they want all that lovely money for themselves.
497039
Psychiatrist (head-shrinker)
1144629
if you want a job, be a doctor.\n\nor start your own business!!!
55986
I would say a good old Psychiatrist.  They can write a script for any medication you may need and also help the patient deal with any emotional side issue involved
23567
If you are going by salaries, doctors get paid the most. But Actors make the most money if they get work. Doctors make as little as $130,000 dollars a year.
769777
A psychiatrist can prescribe medicine; a therapist cannot. So "venting" would be better sutied to a therapist.  If psychotropic drugs were needed, the therapist would refer the patient to a psychiatrist,
364175
A psychiatric or a psychoanalyst or a counseller. other then this it could be to own a huge garments showroom.
380509
The medical profession includes very different jobs. Compare an emergency surgeon (very high stress) with a microbiologist working in a lab (relatively low stress). As a general rule I would expect doctors to live more than average because \n\na) they usually earn more than average(it has been proven that money influences survival) \nb) they know more about prevention and healthy living\nc) they have access to higher quality healthcare  \nd) some of them have very boring, non-emergency jobs\n\nAn interesting "fact" that a psychiatrist told me is that psychiatrists have the highest suicide rate of all medical specialties. Can't verify this claim, but it was attributed to the hypothesis that medical students and graduates with unstable mental health are the ones that are most interested in studying psychiatry.