> Psychiatry programs attract medical students with lower board scores and fewer academic honors on average compared to other specialties. It sounds like a sel

> Psychiatry programs attract medical students with lower board scores and fewer academic honors on average compared to other specialties. It sounds like a self-reinforcing problem. Psychiatry's bad reputation leads to it having less qualified practitioners, thereby justifying the poor reputation. I personally do not place much value in the field. It seems to monopolize on creating problems where none existed, and thereby increasing profits. In particular, the fact that most treatments seem to be lifetime is suspicious.