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Subspecialties that change the job

Each is a 1 to 2 year fellowship after residency.

• Child and adolescent psychiatry

  The most short-staffed area in the country. Long waits everywhere.

• Forensic psychiatry

  Courts, jails and secure hospitals. Assessments for fitness to stand trial.

• Geriatric psychiatry

  Dementia, late-life depression. Growing fast as Canada ages.

• Addiction medicine

  Opioid and alcohol treatment, often in community clinics.