In this day and age, psychology and psychiatry are in the stage of development equivalent to when surgeries were performed by barbers. Very scary stuff.
Of course, that doesn't at all mean I don't advocate the field. On the contrary, the only way for mind studies to advance to the point of being very helpful is the trial and error method. Psychiatrists and psychologists struggle in a field misunderstood by nearly everyone. Their craft is not supported by those profit-mongering axes of corporate evil, insurance companies. By far some of the least ethical groups of people ever to sanctimoniously step up and "grudgingly" accept our monthly deposits into the corporate coffers.
If you know someone who is considering becoming a psychologist or psychiatrist, offer a crumb of encouragement and steer them away from talking to anyone who might reveal to them the difficulty of in a field disrespected, misunderstood, and feared by most everybody.
I almost wish I had a reason to sit and talk to a psychology person.