<p>i am kinda interested in becoming a Physiatrist? but my mom is worried to death that there is no future in market for that field since my family doctor>< told her that it is a hard job and payment is quite low comparing with doctors in other field.</p>
<p>um, it depends on what you want to do. Psychiatrists look for medical reasons for psychological conditions and treat them medically (i.e. with drugs and surgery and such). But they have to go through medical school, residency, etc. etc. Psychologists are more of what you would think of a clinical therapists and use a more thought-based approach to treating psychological issues. As far as education goes, you'll need at least a masters to be a clinical psychologist, with a Ph.D. being preferred. So its still a lot of schooling. Depends on what you want to do.</p>
<p>but which makes the most money?</p>
<p>If you're just looking at money, psychiatrists and family doctors are the two lowest paid physician specialities, according to the statistics. Demand for psychiatrists exceeds supply right now. Every psychiatrist starting practice in our area (metropolitan area 350-400,000) books up (as in can't take more patients) within the first year, often within just a few months. It doesn't appear to me that there is no future in the market. That's not to say that the "job" of psychiatrist might not change as more is learned about how the brain works (especially with respect to the chemistry involved). If you're Board Certified, you actually are Board Certified in both psychiatry and neurology, so there's obviously some overlap between those two fields.</p>
<p>My observation is that psychiatry isn't a physically hard job but it can be emotionally draining. Even before beginning practice, just going to medical school is a MAJOR grind for 4 years (and you've got to be accepted in a very competitive environment first). After that you've got 4 years of residency (or more if you want to also do child/adolescent or geriatric psychiatry). Only after those years do you actually start making enough money to begin paying back your probably large medical school loans. It's a long haul (as for all types of physicians). It's not the kind of thing you want to get in to if all you're interested in is the money.</p>
<p>These are two TOTALLY different professions! A PHYSIATRIST is a step up from physical therapist - essentially. I am wondering the same as her originally question - but none of these repsonses pertain to our question at all. </p>
<p>Thanks for trying…</p>
<p>If a physiatrist is a step up from from physical therapy then job outlook should be pretty good because the percentage of senior residents in north america (baby boomers) is high. therefore the number of patient for physical therapists and physiatrists will be higher since many seniors would require physical therapy. Plus in my college’s job posting website there are always many openings for physical therapists and so i imagine the same would be true for physiatrists.</p>
<p>A physiatrist is a medical doctor who completes a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation.</p>
<p>[AAPM&R</a> - What is a Physiatrist?](<a href=“http://www.aapmr.org/condtreat/what.htm]AAPM&R”>http://www.aapmr.org/condtreat/what.htm)</p>