(This post was written by some doctor, I had put his name here and wanted to share it with Docplexus people. But they have removed the name. I will try to put it as soon as possible) Dear friend, You asked whether you should consider psychiatry as a specialty, as opposed to another discipline of medicine. As I write to you, I think about my own children, and how I would answer a similar question from them. So, I have reflected on your question carefully.

When you ask me whether you should enter psychiatry, your question also becomes whether I would go into psychiatry once again, knowing what I know now. Most people will tell you to enter their profession for that reason. They are justifying their own decisions. I'm going to try to give you the truth as I see it now, realizing that it isn't how I saw it 20 years ago when I entered this profession, and it may not be how I'll see it in 20…