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Average Psychiatrist Salaries - 2008 - 2011
The 2011 LocumTenens.com Psychiatrist Salary Survey annual
report is now available! Results from the annual
LocumTenens.com psychiatrist salary survey highlight annual
average psychiatrist salaries by years in practice and gender.
Respondent demographics including region of practice, board
certification, and time frame for making next job change are also
covered in detail in the full salary survey report, which is
available for download.
The LocumTenens.com psychiatrist salary survey resource center
provides more detailed salary information, including historical
data from 2006 through our latest 2011 Psychiatrist Salary
Survey.
Click here to view
archived psychiatrist salary surveys from previous years.
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Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Set To Grow
Rapidly Worldwide
Source: Medical News Today
By 2010, 35.6 million people across the globe are expected to be
living with Alzheimer's disease, according to Alzheimer's Disease
International. The organization estimates that the total will
probably double every couple of decades and reach approximately
65.7 million by 2030, and 115.4 million twenty years after
that.
Use It Or Lose It? Study Suggests the Brain Can
Remember a "Forgotten" Language
Source: Medical News Today
New study implies that languages learned but later forgotten
might actually be engraved in the brain.
Exclusive Psychiatry Career Articles
Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Telepsychiatry
Ever wondered how telepsychiatry works--the logistics, the
technology, etc.? Read our telepsychiatry FAQs for all the
basics.
Psychiatrist 2011 Compensation Slightly
Down.
After a banner year in 2009, psychiatrists experienced modest
compensation growth in 2010 and a slight dip in 2011. Psychiatry
compensation growth was lower than other specialties.
Trends in the Psychiatry
Workforce are Leading to Access Problems
- Psychiatrists are seeing more patients each week and spending
less time with each.
- Fewer practicing psychiatrists
- An aging psychiatry workforce
- Managed care hassles