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What is Psychiatry ?

Psychiatry is the medical specialty concerned with the study of mental disorders and the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders.

Psychiatry is not to be confused with psychology - which is the scientific but non-medical study of the mind, incl. behaviour and mental processes.

Both of these terms are derived from the prefix psych- which refers to the mind or, more accurately, to the "psyche" i.e. the "mind or the soul; the mental as opposed to the physical aspects of a person".

More about Psychiatry:

A medical specialist in the field of psychiatry is called a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists may be assisted (especially in residential facilities) by psychiatric nurses and other professional care-workers.

Psychiatry and the politics of "mental illness" are key areas in the growing field of medical ethics. These topics are hotly debated, especially in countries that legislate to detain persons whom medical doctors consider "likely to commit" a crime - even if the individual has not actually done so, or even threatened to do so.

See also our glossary entry for "Psychiatry" in the glossary section about "Medical Disciplines".

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

by American Psychiatric Association

ISBN: 0890425558 ASIN: 0890425558

1000 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing

Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail

Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail

by Richard P Bentall

ISBN: 0141023694 ASIN: 0141023694

384 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: Penguin

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry

by

ISBN: 0470979488 ASIN: 0470979488

680 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature

Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature

by Richard P. Bentall

ISBN: 0140275401 ASIN: 0140275401

656 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: Penguin

Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition: Helping People Change (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition: Helping People Change (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

by William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick

ISBN: 1609182278 ASIN: 1609182278

482 pages (Hardcover)

Publisher: Guilford Press

ICD-10 : The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders : Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines

ICD-10 : The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders : Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines

by World Health Organization

ISBN: 9241544228 ASIN: 9241544228

374 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: World Health Organization

Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 5e

Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 5e

by David Healy MD FRCPsych le Pr

ISBN: 0702029971 ASIN: 0702029971

344 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail

Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail

by Richard P Bentall

ISBN: ASIN: B0033806SM

388 pages (Kindle Edition)

Publisher: Penguin

Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

by

ISBN: 0199693889 ASIN: 0199693889

1088 pages (Flexibound)

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

by American Psychiatric Association

ISBN: 089042554X ASIN: 089042554X

1000 pages (Hardcover)

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing

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