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Career as a psychiatrist

by Gyanvitaranam

      If you are moved to tears by the sufferings of others, you can prove to be a successful psychiatrist. With the fast increasing cases of the people suffering from the problems of anxieties, depression and suicide, the mental health condition of the common masses has turned out to be the latest grave national concern across the country.

   As per the latest report of the World Health Organization, depression has unfortunately grown to be a common mental disorder and more than 254 million people of all ages suffer from it. If the latest report of the WHO is to be believed, suicide has become the second leading cause of death among the people of the age group of 15-29. This statistics reveal the consistently worsening mental health of the people in the country.

Who is a psychiatrist?

   The term psychiatry has been derived from the Medieval Latin which literally means “healing of the soul.” Basically, a....

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