

(granted it may be of some use in spotting if someones mental condition is due to external stimulus, but that should also have been spotted by the doctor who refered the patient to the Psychiatrist)
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:49,
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or can be solved by medical means - analysts are psychiatrists who receive around four years extra psychodynamic training. not all psychiatrists are analysts
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:52,
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thats madness!
:D
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:54,
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:D

you can be a psychologist without any medical training. My sister is on track to becoming a child psychologist. She will do teacher training and not anything medically related.
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 12:02,
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Can anyone actually answer my original question?
Can you be a psychiatrist without any training in Psychology? Because it sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 12:24,
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Can you be a psychiatrist without any training in Psychology? Because it sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

you just need a superiority complex
edit: more specifically, five year undergrad med degree, one year junior doctor post anywhere, two to three years specialising as Senior House Officer in psychiatry (when you are a de facto psychiatrist), then specialist registrar for a few years, then consultant starting on 85k
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Thu 27 Jul 2006, 11:47,
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edit: more specifically, five year undergrad med degree, one year junior doctor post anywhere, two to three years specialising as Senior House Officer in psychiatry (when you are a de facto psychiatrist), then specialist registrar for a few years, then consultant starting on 85k