the worst paid psychiatrists are ones that do therapy and ones that do research.
An experienced psychiatrist in town usually charges $150 for an hour of therapy. Usually cash only. But if he can do 4 med checks, 4 x 70 = 280.
So the highest paid guys are the medication mills.
In two states, you don't even have to be a MD to prescribe psychiatric medications. Psychologists with no real experience or supervision are allowed to prescribe. That's how bad things have gotten. It bodes poorly for the profession. Already it's hard to get people to go into psychiatrty. It's' only going to get worse. Watch--you are going to take a relative to see a psychiatrist because he just tried to kill himself. And you will be shocked to find that the psychiatrist in your plan doesn't speak the good english.
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