medically trained professionals who specialise in psychiatry. People with a serious mental illness are more likely to be referred to a psychiatrist than a counsellor or therapist.
Physicians who specialize in evaluating and treating mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders; they are medical doctors (MDs) who can prescribe medications.
Medical doctors who specialize in treating mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
are medical doctors who diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders. Unlike psychologists, these specialists are medical doctors and can prescribe medications such as antidepressants.Some psychiatrists specialize in the care of children, adolescents or older people, or in the treatment of particular problems, including eating disorders or sexual abuse.
Mental health professionals who have earned their M.D. degree, psychiatrists are experts in medication therapies, diagnoses, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis.
prevent, diagnose and treat mental, addictive and emotional disorders, such as psychoses, depression, anxiety disorders, substance-abuse disorders, developmental disabilities, sexual dysfunctions, adjustment reactions, etc.
are physicians who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional disorders, e.g., psychoses, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, developmental disabilities, sexual dysfunctions, adjustment reactions, etc. A psychiatrist is able to understand the biological, psychological and social components of illness and is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, as well as to evaluate and treat psychological and interpersonal problems. The psychiatrist is also prepared to intervene with individuals and families who are copying with stress crises, and other problems of living. Some psychiatrists have also had further training in specialized areas such as psyhoanalysis, psychiatric aspects of general medicine, psychopharmacology, alcohol and substance abuse, geriatrics, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry.
(si-KI-a-trists) - Doctors who specialize in treating mental, emotional, or behavioral problems. They have completed four years of study in an accredited medical school and at least four years of postgraduate training in psychiatry. They can prescribe medicines.
Physicians who specialize in treating mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. They have completed four years of study in an accredited medical school in combination with four years of postgraduate training in a certain area of psychiatry. They are doctors who can prescribe medications.
