Outline of psychiatry explained
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?
- 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
Subspecialties of psychiatry
- 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
- 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
General psychiatry concepts
Psychiatric practice and standards
Doctor-patient relationship
Nosological system
Psychiatric diagnoses
Instruments
Diagnostic practices
Psychiatric treatment
Chemical treatment
Physical treatment
Electroconvulsive therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
Insulin coma therapy
Psychosurgery
- Psychosurgery
- Lobotomy (defunct)
- Lobotomy instruments
- Lobotomy patients
Fever therapy
Psychological treatment
Legal frameworks of psychiatric treatment
Australia
Ireland
- 1814-1922
- From 1922–present
Italy
U.K.
England and Wales
Scotland
U.S.A.
Politics of psychiatry
Political movements
Anti-psychiatry movement
People in the anti-psychiatry movement
Anti-psychiatry publications
Anti-psychiatry organisations
Psychiatric Institutions
General
Australian psychiatric institutions
Psychiatric organizations
Persons influential in psychiatry
Psychiatrists
Academic psychiatrists by country
See also
- Lists
Notes and References
- Based on definition from Aquarena Wetlands Project glossary of terms.
- American Association of Community Psychiatrists About AACP Retrieved on Aug-05-2008
- Patel V., Prince M. . 2010 . Global mental health - a new global health field comes of age . JAMA . 303 . 19. 1976–1977 . 10.1001/jama.2010.616 . 20483977 . 3432444.
