psychiatrists
They prescribe antidepressants
Psychiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating mental illness.
Unlike psychologists, psychiatrists can prescribe medication: Her psychiatrist adjusted her antidepressant dosage.
The term sometimes carries dismissive connotations, as when someone suggests another person needs psychiatric help: You should see a psychiatrist.
Mark of dishonor
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- asylumShelter from persecution
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
Jung · couch · analyst · shrink · head doctor · madhouse · Hannibal Lecter · Good Will Hunting
Identification of illness
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · prescription · consultation · sessions · couch · intake · outpatient · inpatient
Medical doctors collectively
- doctorsLicensed medical practitioners
- MDPhysician's degree letters
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- board-certifiedFormally approved by examiners
hospital · prescription · pharmacology · neuroscience · brain · neurotransmitters · medical school · attending
Medications treating clinical despair
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- lithiumLightest solid element
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- SSRIsSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
ECT · CBT · psychoanalysis · hospitalization · stabilization · dosage · side effects · titration
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
OCD · psychosis · mania · delusions · hallucinations · trauma · addiction · personality disorders
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- asylumShelter from persecution
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
Freud · Jung · couch · analyst · shrink · head doctor · madhouse · Hannibal Lecter · Good Will Hunting · stereotypes
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
assessment · evaluation · prescription · consultation · sessions · couch · intake · outpatient · inpatient · referral
physicians
Medical doctors collectively
- doctorsLicensed medical practitioners
- MDPhysician's degree letters
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
board-certified · hospital · prescription · pharmacology · neuroscience · brain · neurotransmitters · medical school · attending · rounds
antidepressants
Medications treating clinical despair
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- lithiumLightest solid element
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
SSRIs · ECT · CBT · psychoanalysis · hospitalization · stabilization · dosage · side effects · titration · Prozac
depression
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
PTSD · OCD · psychosis · mania · delusions · hallucinations · trauma · addiction · personality disorders · eating disorders
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- mental healthmental illness, therapist, therapists, psychologist, counselor
- doctorsdoctor, doctors, physician, physicians, MD
- healthcare workersdoctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, paramedic
- medical professionalsdoctor, doctors, physician, physicians, surgeon
psychiatristsexorcists
Those who banish demons
psychologists · clinical psychologists · faith healers · shamans · spiritual healers
psychiatristspatients
Those receiving medical treatment
inmates · mental patients · madmen · lunatics · clients
psychiatristssurgeons
Doctors performing operations
cardiologists · orthopedists · dermatologists · physiotherapists · physical therapists
- child psychiatristYouth mental health physician
- forensic psychiatristMental health court expert