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Souhrid Sarkar 6th May, 2021
Hello Vishal,

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 !!!
Atif Ali 6th May, 2021

Hello,

Let me tell you that that MBBS (Bachelor's of Medicine and Surgery) is completely mandatory to become a certified psychiatrist. Not only M.B.B.S to become psychiatrist you will have to pursue MD after completion of M.B.B.S degree. You can for either Diploma course or Degree. The duration of degree course would be three years, whereas the duration of diploma course would be two years. In case you don't want to go for MD then You can DNB (Diploma of National Board of Exam). This degree is equivalent to MD.


The salary range of psychiatrist is quite impressive. You can expect a salary of 5-6 lacs at entey level. You salary can goes upto 10 lacs one you gain enough experience in your relevant field.


Here's some of the psychiatrist fields-

1. Substance Abuse Therapy

2. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

3. Adult Psychiatry

4. Emergency Psychiatry

5. Geriatric Psychiatry


GOOD LUCK.

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