psychiatrist
Mental health physician
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental illness.
Unlike psychologists, psychiatrists hold medical degrees and can prescribe medication.
The term often appears in contexts of serious mental health treatment: Her psychiatrist adjusted her antidepressant dosage.
Informally, seeing a psychiatrist may carry more stigma than seeing a therapist or counselor.
Study of drug-brain interactions
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- antidepressantDrug treating persistent despair
- antipsychoticDrug treating psychosis
anxiolytic · mood stabilizer · dosage · side effects · lithium · benzodiazepine · titration · compliance
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- behavioralRelating to conduct
- sessionScheduled time for activity
intervention · rapport · transference · countertransference · insight · psychodynamic · supportive · talk therapy
Unconscious mind specialist
- psychotherapistMental health professional
- therapistMental health practitioner
- counselorOne who advises
- neurologistPhysician specializing in nervous system
social worker · nurse practitioner · physician · mental health · clinician
Formal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- disorderAbsence of organization
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
schizophrenia · depression · anxiety · psychosis · mania · phobia · differential · formulation
State of dwelling somewhere
- board certifiedOfficially recognized as qualified
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
attending · private practice · hospital · clinic · asylum · couch · office · patient
Not awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
affect · ego · id · superego · defense mechanism · repression · projection · neurosis
psychopharmacology
Study of drug-brain interactions
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- antidepressantDrug treating persistent despair
antipsychotic · anxiolytic · mood stabilizer · dosage · side effects · lithium · benzodiazepine · titration · compliance · electroconvulsive
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- behavioralRelating to conduct
session · intervention · rapport · transference · countertransference · insight · psychodynamic · supportive · talk therapy · alliance
psychoanalyst
Unconscious mind specialist
- psychotherapistMental health professional
- therapistMental health practitioner
- counselorOne who advises
neurologist · social worker · nurse practitioner · physician · mental health · clinician
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- disorderAbsence of organization
bipolar · schizophrenia · depression · anxiety · psychosis · mania · phobia · differential · formulation · prognosis
residency
State of dwelling somewhere
- board certifiedOfficially recognized as qualified
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
consultation · attending · private practice · hospital · clinic · asylum · couch · office · patient · caseload
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
perception · affect · ego · id · superego · defense mechanism · repression · projection · neurosis · mental
- Health Careersdoctor, nurse practitioner, nursing, physician, surgeon
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, group therapy
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
- healthcare workersdoctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, paramedic
- therapiststherapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, respiratory therapist
- medical specialistscardiologist, dermatologist, neurologist, oncologist, pediatrician
psychiatristnonpsychiatrist
One lacking psychiatric credentials
psychologist · patient · mental patient · therapist · counselor
psychiatristtorturer
One who inflicts agony
abuser · manipulator · tormentor · gaslighter · brainwasher
- psychiatric disorderDiagnosable condition affecting mind
- psychiatric wardHospital mental health section
- psychiatric facilitiesHospitals for mental illness
- psychiatric hospitalFacility for mental treatment
- psychiatric unitHospital mental health division
- psychiatric careTreatment for psychological conditions
psychiatric, psychiatrists, psychiatrically, neuropsychiatrist