psychiatry
Sign in to savePsychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, mood, emotion, and behavior.
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Psychiatry is a medical field focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental health conditions that affect how people think, perceive the world, feel, and behave. It matters because these mental conditions can significantly impact a person's quality of life and overall well-being.
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- Medical specialty.title
- Psychiatry
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- Medical specialty.focus
- Mental health
- Medical specialty.specialist
- Psychiatrist
- Medical specialty.glossary
- Glossary of psychiatry
- Medical specialty.personality]], [[substance use disorder]]s |subdivisions
- Neuropsychiatry, biological psychiatry, social psychiatry, interventional psychiatry|tests=Mental status examination, [[psychological testing
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- Etymology
- Theory and focus
- Scope of practice
- Ethics
- Approaches
- Practitioners
- As a career choice in the US
- Subspecialties
- Research
- Diagnostics and evaluation
- Present
- Diagnostic systems
- Diagnostic manuals
- Evaluation guidelines
- Potential use of MRI/fMRI in diagnosis
- Treatment
- General considerations
- Inpatient treatment
- Outpatient treatment
- Telepsychiatry
- History
- Earliest knowledge
- Medical specialty
- Controversy and criticism
- See also
- Notes
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Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, mood, emotion, and behavior.
Initial psychiatric assessment begins with taking a case history and conducting a mental status examination. Laboratory tests, physical examinations, and psychological assessments may also be used. On occasion, neuroimaging or neurophysiological studies are performed.