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First you must become a medical doctor, then after graduation you specialize in psychiatry. It's called a 'residency'.

PSYCHOLOGISTS do not have to be M.D.s First you must become a medical doctor, then after graduation you specialize in psychiatry. It's called a 'residency'.

PSYCHOLOGISTS do not have to be M.D.s

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