So, this may simply be because this differs between countries - I live in the US. Here, you do not study psychiatry in med school, it's something you study afte

So, this may simply be because this differs between countries - I live in the US. Here, you do not study psychiatry in med school, it's something you study after you complete regular medical school. The rough path looks like: - 4 years of undergrad, ideally with one major in Biology - MCAT - 4 years of general medical school - 4 years of specialized psychiatry residency, usually at university hospital Meaning, here in the US it's a medical discipline, but this may not be the case where you live. You're absolutely right that there is a horrific history to the field of psychiatry - homosexuality indeed wasn't unlisted until a little over 40 years ago. However, this is rapidly changing with the advent of tools like PCR and Western Blotting, which allows psychiatry to research mental disease on the level of individual gene expression and proteins.