<p>I have always been interested in psychology but I have also wanted to be a psychiatrist. So I have been thinking in addition to pre-med I would major in psychology. The only problem is that since psychiatry is a medical profession, I have heard that you can only major in a science major. As far as I know psychology doesn't exactly meet the description of science even if it involves testing. But I want to do psychology since I like it and I see it as perfect for someone becoming a psychiatrist (Both deal with the mind).</p>
<p>But maybe I heard wrong or psychology is treated different. Is there any way I can major in psychology and still go into medical school to train to be a psychiatrist?</p>
<p>You can major in anything. There are already a lot of threads about this.</p>
<p>in my med school class there are people who graduated with the following majors:</p>
<p>sociology, psychology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, horticulture, various engineering, art, art history, history, english, business, economics, education, spanish.</p>
<p>And you also don't need to major in psychology to end up in a pyschiatry residency. While there is some overlap, it's not nearly as much as you think, and pyschiatry is continually moving towards more and more pharmacological treatment plans.</p>
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<p>I'll do a search too then. :)</p>
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in my med school class there are people who graduated with the following majors:</p>
<p>sociology, psychology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, horticulture, various engineering, art, art history, history, english, business, economics, education, spanish.</p>
<p>And you also don't need to major in psychology to end up in a pyschiatry residency. While there is some overlap, it's not nearly as much as you think, and pyschiatry is continually moving towards more and more pharmacological treatment plans.
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<p>Oh no I just want to take psychology out of interest. BTW, what do you recomend majoring in order to become a pychiatrist? I think there is also the psychobiology major which is more science. There is also neuropsychology too which is quite scientific but I hear that it is already covered under a psychology major.</p>
<p>Pick the major YOU want to do. Look at the classes you will have to take for each and decide which one you think you would enjoy more.</p>
<p>thats good advice :)</p>