2007-03-19 11:28:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You can major in anything you want in college. Med schools don't care what your major is as long as you fulfill all their prereq classes. Psychology is as good a major as any since you want to become a psychiatrist. Anyone can call themselves "pre-med" if they want to go to med school. "Pre-med" doesn't really mean anything.
Yes, you need to go to med school if you want to be a psychiatrist. After med school, you choose a psychiatry residency.
2007-03-19 12:22:15 · answer #1 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
psychiatry is a major you picked after 4 year medical school. so first you need to take a lot of science subjects at college and get very good grades for them to apply for med school. psychology is PHD/Psych. D that you can go to a graduate school in psychology to major in it. you can prescribe medication as a psychiatrist with little training in therapy. however, if you wanna 'listen ' to patients talk, it's the psychology field you wanna get in where you get a few more years of training in psychotherapy.
2007-03-19 11:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by xyz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go more for pre-med than psychology, to be honest, though you should take some psych courses to make sure that that interests you. But other than that, you need to be taking bio and chem and all those science-y subjects that you'll definitely need in med school
2007-03-19 11:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 10:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can major in psychology or biology.
See if your school has the option to do a psychology, pre-med track.
But yes, once you graduate from undergrad you need to go on to med school to become a psychiatrist.
2007-03-19 11:48:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋