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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychiatry:

Psychiatry – medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive, and perceptual abnormalities.

What type of thing is psychiatry?

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  • Academic discipline – field of study with academic departments, curricula and degrees; national and international societies; and specialized journals.
  • Scientific field (a branch of science) – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer-reviewed research is published.
    • A natural science – field that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world using empirical and scientific methods.
    • A biological science – a branch of biology, which is concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.[1]
    • A behavioural science – a branch of psychology, which is concerned with the study of the emotional and cognitive functions of the mind and brain and of the person in the context of society.
  • A medical specialty – branch of clinical practice, practised by physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, etc.

Branches of psychiatry

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Subspecialties of psychiatry

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  • Addiction psychiatry – focuses on evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of individuals with dual diagnosis of substance-related and other psychiatric disorders.
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specialises in work with children, teenagers, and their families.
  • Cross-cultural psychiatry – branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorder and psychiatric services.
  • Emergency psychiatry – clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings.
  • Forensic psychiatry – interface between law and psychiatry.
  • Geriatric psychiatry – branch of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in humans with old age.
  • Liaison psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specializes in the interface between other medical specialties and psychiatry.
  • Military psychiatry – covers special aspects of psychiatry and mental disorders within the military context.
  • Neuropsychiatry – branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system.
  • Social psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing.

Approaches of psychiatry

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  • Biological psychiatry – approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorders in terms of the biological function of the nervous system.
  • Community psychiatry – approach that reflects an inclusive public health perspective and is practiced in community mental health services.[2]
  • Global Mental Health – area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.[3]

History of psychiatry

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General psychiatry concepts

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Psychiatric practice and standards

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Doctor-patient relationship

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Nosological system

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Psychiatric diagnoses

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Instruments

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Diagnostic practices

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Psychiatric treatment

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Chemical treatment

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Physical treatment

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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Insulin coma therapy

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Psychosurgery

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Fever therapy

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Psychological treatment

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Australia

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Ireland

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Italy

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U.K.

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England and Wales
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Scotland
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U.S.A.

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Politics of psychiatry

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Political movements

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Anti-psychiatry movement

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People in the anti-psychiatry movement
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Anti-psychiatry publications
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Anti-psychiatry organisations
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Psychiatric Institutions

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General

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Australian psychiatric institutions

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Psychiatric organizations

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Psychiatry publications

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Persons influential in psychiatry

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Psychiatrists

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Academic psychiatrists by country

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See also

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Lists

References

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  1. ^ Based on definition from Aquarena Wetlands Project glossary of terms. Archived 2004-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ American Association of Community Psychiatrists About AACP Archived 2009-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on Aug-05-2008
  3. ^ Patel V., Prince M. (2010). "Global mental health - a new global health field comes of age". JAMA. 303 (19): 1976–1977. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.616. PMC 3432444. PMID 20483977.
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