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Career as Psychiatrist

Psychiatrists are medical professional who treat mental ailments in patients and treat emotional behavioral and mental symptoms.

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Career as Psychiatrist
Psychiatrists
  • Take patient history and check all medical records
  • Make a treatment plan
  • Treat patients who are suffering from mental illnesses of varying seriousness, from mild to chronic, displayed through emotional responses, abnormal behavioral symptoms and non conforming social behavior
  • Treat all kinds of mental illnesses or specialize in particular type of psychiatric disorder
  • Use techniques such as biofeedback, relaxation therapy, psychotherapy

Employment Opportunities

  • Hospitals
  • Multispeciality clinics
  • Mental Hospitals
  • Apollo Hospital
  • Lilavati Hospital
  • Tata Memorial Hospital

 

How do I get there?

  • Std XII

    Stream:Sc PCB

  • Entrance Test

    NEET-UG*

  • Graduation

    MBBS

  • PG entry&course

    NEET-PG>
    MD**Psychiatry

  • Goal

    Psychiatrist

  • Std XII

    Stream:ScPCB

  • Entrance Test

    NEET-UG*

  • Graduation

    MBBS

  • PG Entry&Course

    CET-DNB***>
    MD Psychiatry

  • Goal

    Psychiatrist

*NEET-UG is an entrance exam for selecting students for MBBS and BDS courses. This is a National-level common entrance test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Applications : www.aipmt.nic.in.  
 Eligibility: 12th examination, minimum of 50% (General category) and 40% (Reserved category) in aggregate of Physics, Chemistry Biology /Biotechnology from a recognized board.

Exam Pattern:  NEET-UG is an objective type paper-pencil test. From a total of 180 questions there are 45 questions each from physics, chemistry, botany and zoology . Syllabus can be seen on http://www.mciindia.org/NEET/NEETUG.aspx  The exam is a three hour long paper will negative marking , a deduction of  1/4 mark for every wrong answer.

The test is in English and for states in their regional languages e.g. Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Gujarat and West Bengal, have the paper in their respective regional languages.

**Postgraduate Medical Course in broad specialities is of three years duration in the case of degree course and two years in the case of Diploma courses after MBBS and in the case of super specialities the duration is three years after MD/MS. There is a single eligibility cum entrance examination :-National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to Postgraduate Medical Courses conducted by the Medical Council of India.

*** The National Board of Examinations is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It conducts Postgraduate and Post Doctoral examinations medicine and allied sciences and awards Diplomate of National Board in the concerned discipline. Candidates areselected  through CET test of NBE. 

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Mrs. Kum Kum Tandon
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