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.Based on definition from Aquarena Wetlands Project glossary of terms. 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.American Association of Community Psychiatrists About AACP Retrieved on Aug-05-2008 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.
History of psychiatry
History of psychiatry
General psychiatry concepts
Glossary of psychiatry Mental disorder Classification of mental disorders History of mental disorder Mental Health
Psychiatric practice and standards
Doctor-patient relationship Therapeutic relationship
Nosological system Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
Psychiatric diagnoses ADHD Bipolar disorder Mania Schizophrenia History of schizophrenia Dementia praecox
Instruments Mental status examination
Diagnostic practices Rosenhan experiment
Psychiatric treatment Treatment of mental disorders
Chemical treatment Anxiolytics Barbiturates Antidepressants SSRI Antipsychotic Chemical imbalance theory Mood stabilizers Psychiatric medication List of psychiatric medications List of psychiatric medications by condition treated
Physical treatment
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom
Insulin coma therapy
Insulin shock therapy (defunct)
Psychosurgery Psychosurgery Lobotomy (defunct) Lobotomy instruments Leucotome Orbitoclast Lobotomy patients Howard Dully
Fever therapy Pyrotherapy (defunct)
Psychological treatment Psychotherapy List of psychotherapies
Legal frameworks of psychiatric treatment Diminished responsibility Forensic Psychiatry Informed consent Insanity Insanity defence Involuntary commitment Involuntary treatment Irresistible impulse M'Naghten Rules Macdonald triad Mens rea Mental health law Obligatory Dangerousness Criterion Outpatient commitment Psychiatric advance directive Sanity Therapeutic jurisprudence Ulysses pact Voluntary commitment
Australia Justices examination order Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales
Ireland 1814-1922 Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act 1838 From 1922–present Mental Health Act 2001
Italy Basaglia Law Law 180
U.K. Care in the Community Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 Idiots Act 1886 Fixated Threat Assessment Centre Lunacy Act 1845 Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886 Madhouses Act 1774 Place of safety
England and Wales Approved Mental Health Professional Diminished responsibility in English law Mental Capacity Act 2005 Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales) Mental Treatment Act 1930 Nearest relative
Scotland Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Forensic Network Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999
U.S.A. Adjudicative competence Civil confinement Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act Competence (law) Duty to protect Duty to warn Forensic Mental Health Association of California List of criminal competencies Mental health courts PsychRights Ultimate issue (law) Californian mental health law 5150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold) Florida mental health law Florida Mental Health Act: the Baker Act
Politics of psychiatry
Political movements Psychiatric survivors movement
Anti-psychiatry movement Anti-psychiatry
People in the anti-psychiatry movement Franco Basaglia David Cooper (psychiatrist) Michel Foucault R.D. Laing Loren Mosher Thomas Szasz
Anti-psychiatry publications Against Therapy Anti-Oedipus Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry Madness and Civilization
Anti-psychiatry organisations American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization
Psychiatric Institutions
General
Asylums (book) Psychiatric hospital History of psychiatric institutions Deinstitutionalization Psychiatric reform in Italy Titicut Follies
Australian psychiatric institutions
List of Australian psychiatric institutions
Psychiatric organizations American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology American Psychiatric Association American Neuropsychiatric Association Brazilian Association of Psychiatry Canadian Psychiatric Association Chinese Society of Psychiatry Democratic Psychiatry German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia Indian Psychiatric Society Irish College of Psychiatrists Israeli Psychiatric Association Italian Psychiatric Society Japanese Society of Psychiatry & Neurology Korean Neuropsychiatric Association Maryland Psychiatric Society National Institute of Mental Health Pakistan Psychiatric Society Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Royal College of Psychiatrists Singapore Psychiatric Association South African Society of Psychiatrists World Psychiatric Association
Psychiatry publications
Persons influential in psychiatry
Psychiatrists
List of psychiatrists
Academic psychiatrists by country
Ireland Patricia Casey Anthony Clare
See also
Outline of medicine Outline of the psychiatric survivors movement Behavioral medicine Biopsychiatry controversy Clinical neuroscience Imaging genetics Neuroimaging Neurophysiology Psychiatrist Psychiatric epidemiology Psychiatric genetics Psychiatric survivors movement Psychosomatic medicine Psycho-oncology Psychopharmacology Psychosurgery Psychoanalysis
Lists
Outline of the psychiatric survivors movement List of psychiatrists List of neurological disorders List of counseling topics List of psychotherapies List of psychiatric medications List of psychiatric medications by condition treated
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