Dear Candidate,

Psychologist and psychiatrist are two entirely different jobs with a big main difference that a psychiatrist is a MBBS/MD doctor which gives them the right to prescribe medication to their patients whereas a psychologist does MA/MSc and then PhD. Thus, psychologist treat their clients with different therapies and are prohibited to prescribe medications. Both of them deal with disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, etc...irrespective of the severity of the disorder. Only the counselors deal with less severe issues like marital issues, career issues, family issues, etc.

Dear,

Psychiatrist are one of the high paying career choice in India right now and the scope of this field is going to grow in future. The perks in this field are great and so are the hardships to become one. After completing class 12th there is almost 7-8 years of education before you can become a certified Psychiatrist.

There are many courses available on Bachelors, Master and Doctoral level if you wish to pursue psychiatry. Here is the list of courses available after class 12th for Psychiatry-

1. Bachelor Courses to become a psychiatrist: MBBS
2. Diploma Courses to become a psychiatrist: Diploma in Psychiatric Medicines, Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing and Post Graduate Diploma in Psychiatry.

Hope this helps!

Hi, Hope you are safe and doing good

No,passing the MBBS is a pre-requisite for being considered for a PG seat in Psychiatry. So,it means without a MBBS degree you cannot be a Psychiatrist.

But, definitely you can become a psychologist. For that you need to complete your Bachelors and Masters Degree in Psychology. And typically, you need to do an internship for couple of years.
Psychology deals with behavior of a person an psychologists can apply their finding knowledge to a lot of services.

And, after getting your degree and completing your internship you can be hired as a Clinical Psychologist or as a Counselor. Not only this,you can also be hired as an Industrial or Social Psychologist .

Hope it helps
Feel free to ask if you have any query
Thank you !

Warm greetings for choosing such a nice course of study !! If you want to pursue your higher studies in Unani Psychiatry then go ahead, for Post Graduation you can sit for the exams like NEET, CPAT and you will have equal chances to get a good job with a high salary package in India as well as abroad. Good luck!!

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Hello riyam0698

I hope you are doing good. With reference to your query , I would like to tell you that their are two of ways of becoming psychiatrist . You can getting into the field of psychiatry by doing M.D in pysicatry after pesruing your graduation . The second way is to persue diploma in related stream like psychiatrist medicine . It would be better to do internships for atleast 1year before applying for jobs

Hope you found this answer helpful. Good luck for your future

Hello aspirant

If you want to become a Psychiatrist, you have to complete a bachelor degree followed by specialize in psychiatry. You can also pursue a master course in psychiatry or a diploma course.

There are even diploma courses

Diploma Course:

• Diploma in Psychiatric Medicine (DPM)
• Diploma in Clinical & Community Psychology
• Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
• Diploma in Counselling Psychology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Psychiatry

For bachelor course:

• Mbbs

Master Degree (usually 3 years):

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Psychiatry
• Doctor of Medicine (DM) in Neuroradiology

Hope this helps. All the best.

If you want to be a Psychiatrist then you need to do MBBS and after MBBS you will have to study Psychiatric Medicine in order to be a Psychiatrist. For US the progression is the same but there curriculum can be a bit different as they usually have.

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!