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Outline of psychiatry

Summary

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? edit

  • 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 edit

Subspecialties of psychiatry edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

General psychiatry concepts edit

Psychiatric practice and standards edit

Doctor-patient relationship edit

Nosological system edit

Psychiatric diagnoses edit

Instruments edit

Diagnostic practices edit

Psychiatric treatment edit

Chemical treatment edit

Physical treatment edit

Electroconvulsive therapy edit

Insulin coma therapy edit

Psychosurgery edit

Fever therapy edit

Psychological treatment edit

Legal frameworks of psychiatric treatment edit

Australia edit

Ireland edit

Italy edit

U.K. edit

England and Wales edit
Scotland edit

U.S.A. edit

Politics of psychiatry edit

Political movements edit

Anti-psychiatry movement edit

People in the anti-psychiatry movement edit
Anti-psychiatry publications edit
Anti-psychiatry organisations edit

Psychiatric Institutions edit

General edit

Australian psychiatric institutions edit

Psychiatric organizations edit

Psychiatry publications edit

Persons influential in psychiatry edit

Psychiatrists edit

Academic psychiatrists by country edit

See also edit

Lists

References edit

  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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