Probably just focus on passing your GCSEs?
Remember to become a psychiatrist you need to do a medical degree covering the whole of medicine, then work as a foundation doctor for 2 years across the whole of medicine. You won't start specialising in psychiatry until 7-8 years after you finish your A-levels, so you need to be motivated by the whole of medicine and not just psychiatry. Also I gather the key thing that separates psychiatrists from other mental health professionals is their knowledge of the rest of (physical) medicine and how that integrates with treating mental health conditions in various contexts.
So just do well in your studies, do the general healthcare work experience expected for medicine, and read any of the wide range of books which are relevant to medicine (whether specific to psychiatry or not - and some of the less explicitly psychiatric ones may still be quite interesting to you too!).
Remember to become a psychiatrist you need to do a medical degree covering the whole of medicine, then work as a foundation doctor for 2 years across the whole of medicine. You won't start specialising in psychiatry until 7-8 years after you finish your A-levels, so you need to be motivated by the whole of medicine and not just psychiatry. Also I gather the key thing that separates psychiatrists from other mental health professionals is their knowledge of the rest of (physical) medicine and how that integrates with treating mental health conditions in various contexts.
So just do well in your studies, do the general healthcare work experience expected for medicine, and read any of the wide range of books which are relevant to medicine (whether specific to psychiatry or not - and some of the less explicitly psychiatric ones may still be quite interesting to you too!).
While artful_lounger is totally right in that you shouldn't be focusing on this just yet and should also be motivated by Medicine in general... check out Oliver Sacks' books. The man who mistook his wife for a hat is a nice book of his to get you started 
Psychiatry at a glance well worth a read.
Original post by Snailsq
is there any book recommendations for 15 year old who interested in medicine and psychology or just anything related to being a psychiatrist
A while ago I read the Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine. It was very interesting and well written. It is about forensic psychology and whilst it isn't graphic or sensationalist, it is still about violent crime so if you're not comfortable with that, give it a miss.
Original post by ErasistratusV
Psychiatry at a glance well worth a read.
That's aimed at undergraduate medical students.
Original post by Democracy
That's aimed at undergraduate medical students.
Yes, and it is nicely readable for someone so interested- in my view.
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