"Helping patients with mental illness or challenges enjoy their best possible lives is my passion. I havealways been the friend who liked to listen and could recognize patterns or habits in people’s behavior, but I ultimately decided to go to medical school to become a psychiatrist when I became fascinated with the physiological aspects of mental health. It was worth all the years of study and hard work! Collaborating with other mental health professionals and health care providers to give a patient comprehensive support is so rewarding."

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Job Description

SOC Code: 29-1223

Psychiatrists diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.*

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Top Job Skills:

• Diagnostic evaluations
• Risk management
• Improve patient care
• Ensure continuity of care
• Educates patients

General Work Activities:

• Mental Processes
  • Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment
  • Analyze quantitative data to determine effectiveness of treatments or therapies
• Interacting With Others
  • Prescribe medications, treatments, or therapies
  • Treat patients using psychological therapies
  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan and/or provide treatment
  • Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments
  • Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members
• Information Input
  • Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition
  • Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues

Source: SC Works Online Services (SCWOS)

*All data is factual, but names, images, and quotations have been adapted to protect the identity of employees and businesses

Job Statistics

Examples of Workforce Areas with Job Openings

 

• Greenville
• Lower Savannah
• Midlands
• Catawba
• Waccamaw
• Trident

 

 

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Examples of Employers with Job Openings

 

 

• FCS, Inc.
• LifeStance Health, Inc.
• U.S. Army 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion
• Prisma Health
• River Region Psychiatry Associates, LLC
• Liberty Healthcare Corporation

 

 

 

Source: SC Works Online Services. Ask an SC Works representative for more information about postings in your area

Related Occupations

 

• Neurologists
• Neuropsychologists
• Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
• Pediatricians, General
• Advanced Practice
• Psychiatric Nurses
• Clinical Nurse Specialists

 

 

NOTE: All data based on state averages. Information may vary depending on region, experience, and specific employment situation. Last Updated: 2024

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