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is psychiatry a hard residency to get?

its gotta be soooo fucking easy. like no work whatsoever.
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
bottom of the barrel, it's not even medicine and no one want...
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
what can they make just totally halfassing life?
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
i think the prison gigs are 150. same for community health c...
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
do the prison gig-ers get pensions?
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
ofs, that's a state job.
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
oh ok so state jobs. the feds are probably sweatshop contrac...
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
i don't know anything about fed prisons. but most states hav...
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
state prisons are hell on earth though right.
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
ofs
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
Most aren't at the prisons, they're at the state mental heal...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
(actual MFE on compulsory mental health treatment)
Learning disabled nursing home
  01/11/26
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Aromatic khaki organic girlfriend shrine
  01/11/26
(not a MFE on anything)
bistre main people lodge
  01/11/26
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autistic temple
  01/11/26
They get to supplement their income by becoming expert witne...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
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haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
how can it be 150. these kinds of things were 150 like 20 ye...
bisexual impressive address
  01/11/26
LOL they outearn specialists in the US and can work anywhere...
walnut business firm
  01/10/26
it is not Rigorous
Salmon Death Wish
  01/10/26
No and it's 180. There's a stigma against it in medical scho...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
No clue, but: (1) Tom Cruise was 100% right about psychiatr...
Ruby sweet tailpipe hell
  01/10/26
right but its better than waking up at 2am to drill into som...
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
The easy option is always the shittiest option and will lead...
Ruby sweet tailpipe hell
  01/10/26
not always
Floppy mustard library
  01/10/26
Well yeah not always,l. I was obvy being hyperbolic.
Ruby sweet tailpipe hell
  01/10/26
you are so glib, Nintendo 1488.
heady point
  01/10/26
Tye Jewish pills are poisoning your mind.
Ruby sweet tailpipe hell
  01/10/26
Don't know I'm far removed from that process. But heard it m...
razzmatazz know-it-all institution mad cow disease
  01/10/26
It's exactly like that. They have to use HIPAA compliant tec...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
but this is the 180 outcome. there are lawyers who are 100% ...
haunting sticky school cafeteria
  01/10/26
It's really sad how med students get pressured out of it and...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
You missed the part where they have to interact with people....
Ruby sweet tailpipe hell
  01/10/26
PS the state laws are all rigged so that certain drugs requi...
bistre main people lodge
  01/10/26
Psychiatric is middle of the pack according to my doctor ex....
Comical obsidian corner marketing idea
  01/11/26
One of my best friends growing up was top of his med class a...
poppy beta university
  01/11/26


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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

its gotta be soooo fucking easy. like no work whatsoever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579953)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

bottom of the barrel, it's not even medicine and no one wants to deal with those people. the biggest employers are prisons. it's great if you can cop a cash only practice for rich white women, otherwise it's awful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579955)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

what can they make just totally halfassing life?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579965)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

i think the prison gigs are 150. same for community health centers or whatever non-profits. just an endless stream of lowlifes and psychos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579966)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

do the prison gig-ers get pensions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579970)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:28 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

ofs, that's a state job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579971)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

oh ok so state jobs. the feds are probably sweatshop contractors though right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579989)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:41 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

i don't know anything about fed prisons. but most states have publically available state employee lists and the top 5-10% is nothing but shrinks, professional school profs, and sportsball coaches.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580004)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:48 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

state prisons are hell on earth though right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580025)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:54 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

ofs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580035)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:56 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

Most aren't at the prisons, they're at the state mental health facilities like the one Iryna's killer went to. Those are way nicer than any prison. If they're not at the state hospital they're in court

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580038)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 5:34 AM
Author: Learning disabled nursing home

(actual MFE on compulsory mental health treatment)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580342)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 7:43 AM
Author: Aromatic khaki organic girlfriend shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580404)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 10:01 AM
Author: bistre main people lodge

(not a MFE on anything)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580527)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: autistic temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580647)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

They get to supplement their income by becoming expert witnesses since they're already used to being in court.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579973)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:30 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579977)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: bisexual impressive address

how can it be 150. these kinds of things were 150 like 20 years ago weren't they?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49581286)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:58 PM
Author: walnut business firm

LOL they outearn specialists in the US and can work anywhere. Your average specialist graduate in the past 10 years is working in Jackson MS or [insert name of random ass town] the Midwest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580044)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: Salmon Death Wish

it is not Rigorous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579956)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:24 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

No and it's 180. There's a stigma against it in medical school that discourages people from doing it but the lifestyle and job security are great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579960)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:24 PM
Author: Ruby sweet tailpipe hell

No clue, but:

(1) Tom Cruise was 100% right about psychiatry

(2) Spending 8 hours a day on zoom calls dealing drugs seems like a shitty way to spend a life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579961)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

right but its better than waking up at 2am to drill into some illegal's spinal cord

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579968)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Ruby sweet tailpipe hell

The easy option is always the shittiest option and will lead to the least satisfaction, always.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579976)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:41 PM
Author: Floppy mustard library

not always

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580006)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 11:00 PM
Author: Ruby sweet tailpipe hell

Well yeah not always,l. I was obvy being hyperbolic.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580050)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:47 PM
Author: heady point

you are so glib, Nintendo 1488.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580022)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:57 PM
Author: Ruby sweet tailpipe hell

Tye Jewish pills are poisoning your mind.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580042)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:31 PM
Author: razzmatazz know-it-all institution mad cow disease

Don't know I'm far removed from that process. But heard it may be more competitive now because can do cash only or remote out of europe.. Imaging sipping wine in Italy while "consulting" some crazy bitch in ny for her Xanax subscription. But I probably wouldn't do well if I want into that. I'm good at technical stuff but terrible at bullshitting. The lucrative crazies go for someone that sounds like Jeffrey eppstein or Donald trump or bernie madoff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579979)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

It's exactly like that. They have to use HIPAA compliant technology but otherwise they rarely have to interact with patients. Once in a while they have to do in person meetings to take drug samples or measure someone's vitals before putting them on a new drugs but that's it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579982)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: haunting sticky school cafeteria

but this is the 180 outcome. there are lawyers who are 100% in laptop, too, but the vast majority aren't. i wouldn't bet on it. you're far more likely to be handing darnell tranquilizers so he doesn't stab someone again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579984)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

It's really sad how med students get pressured out of it and wind up doing IM. They end up working 20x harder for the same or less money, and by year 5 they're jealous and bitter as fuck toward every psychiatrist they meet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579987)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: Ruby sweet tailpipe hell

You missed the part where they have to interact with people.

Lawyers can get away with operating entirely via text, with maybe a few simple phone calls with no video per week.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49579991)



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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:41 PM
Author: bistre main people lodge

PS the state laws are all rigged so that certain drugs require you to meet with the prescriber every 90 days to get refills. Psychiatrists can also bill at higher rates depending on whether you want drugs or not. So whatever they bill for visits, they're guaranteed to 4x that every year for every patient who wants drugs. The states make the math super easy like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580005)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 10:28 AM
Author: Comical obsidian corner marketing idea

Psychiatric is middle of the pack according to my doctor ex. I think dermatology and plastic surgery are the most competitive?

The main issue keeping psychiatry from being the most difficult is that you're dealing with literal crazies who dump their emotions onto you all day. It's really hard to keep yourself emotionally detached from the crazies you deal with. You're not sticking fingers up people's asses, but instead you're talking to an endless stream of emotionally volatile people who have attempted suicide several times.

Also, there's the stigma with mental health.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580568)



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Date: January 11th, 2026 10:53 AM
Author: poppy beta university

One of my best friends growing up was top of his med class and ended up switching from gen surg to psychiatry at Emory or duke iirc and his life is 18000000 and chill and he was making like 350k in residency moonlighting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5820607&forum_id=2).#49580630)