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is psychiatry a hard residency to get?

its gotta be soooo fucking easy. like no work whatsoever.
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
bottom of the barrel, it's not even medicine and no one want...
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
what can they make just totally halfassing life?
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
i think the prison gigs are 150. same for community health c...
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
do the prison gig-ers get pensions?
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
ofs, that's a state job.
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
oh ok so state jobs. the feds are probably sweatshop contrac...
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
i don't know anything about fed prisons. but most states hav...
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
state prisons are hell on earth though right.
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
ofs
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
Most aren't at the prisons, they're at the state mental heal...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
(actual MFE on compulsory mental health treatment)
Sadistic legal warrant
  01/11/26
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abnormal karate theater
  01/11/26
(not a MFE on anything)
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/11/26
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Galvanic potus international law enforcement agency
  01/11/26
They get to supplement their income by becoming expert witne...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
...
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
how can it be 150. these kinds of things were 150 like 20 ye...
chrome lascivious fat ankles indirect expression
  01/11/26
LOL they outearn specialists in the US and can work anywhere...
Peach Lodge
  01/10/26
it is not Rigorous
Kink-friendly base
  01/10/26
No and it's 180. There's a stigma against it in medical scho...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
No clue, but: (1) Tom Cruise was 100% right about psychiatr...
up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace
  01/10/26
right but its better than waking up at 2am to drill into som...
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
The easy option is always the shittiest option and will lead...
up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace
  01/10/26
not always
Jade impressive brunch
  01/10/26
Well yeah not always,l. I was obvy being hyperbolic.
up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace
  01/10/26
you are so glib, Nintendo 1488.
Razzmatazz Dead Goyim Kitty
  01/10/26
Tye Jewish pills are poisoning your mind.
up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace
  01/10/26
Don't know I'm far removed from that process. But heard it m...
Vibrant macaca roommate
  01/10/26
It's exactly like that. They have to use HIPAA compliant tec...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
but this is the 180 outcome. there are lawyers who are 100% ...
Motley Angry Circlehead
  01/10/26
It's really sad how med students get pressured out of it and...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
You missed the part where they have to interact with people....
up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace
  01/10/26
PS the state laws are all rigged so that certain drugs requi...
Hideous aromatic stag film
  01/10/26
Psychiatric is middle of the pack according to my doctor ex....
alcoholic violet new version
  01/11/26
One of my best friends growing up was top of his med class a...
razzle sooty space
  01/11/26


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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: Jade impressive brunch

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: Sadistic legal warrant

(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: abnormal karate theater



(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: Hideous aromatic stag film

(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: Galvanic potus international law enforcement agency



(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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: Motley Angry Circlehead



(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: chrome lascivious fat ankles indirect expression

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: Peach Lodge

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: Kink-friendly base

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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace

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: Jade impressive brunch

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: up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace

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: Razzmatazz Dead Goyim Kitty

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: up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace

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: Vibrant macaca roommate

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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: Motley Angry Circlehead

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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: up-to-no-good cordovan spot electric furnace

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: Hideous aromatic stag film

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: alcoholic violet new version

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: razzle sooty space

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)