psychiatry
Treating mental illness
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine devoted to diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
Unlike psychologists, psychiatrists hold medical degrees and can prescribe medication.
The field encompasses talk therapy, pharmacological treatment, and sometimes hospitalization for severe conditions: She went into psychiatry after medical school.
His psychiatry rotation convinced him to specialize in the field.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
mania · dementia · phobia · paranoia · obsession · compulsion · delusion · hallucination
Admitted overnight patient
- outpatientTreated without admission
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- wardProtected person; division
consultation · asylum · institution · deinstitutionalization · clinic · hospital · emergency · forensic
Study of drug-brain interactions
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
- SSRIsSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
benzodiazepines · lithium · clozapine · haloperidol · sertraline · fluoxetine · MAOIs · psychotropic
Psychiatric classification manual
- ICDDisease classification system
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- differential diagnosisSystematic comparison of possible conditions
comorbidity · prognosis · symptom · criteria · screening · intake
Of unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- psychodynamicsScience of mental forces
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
unconscious · archetype · ego · superego · id · defense mechanism · attachment · neuroscience
Professional guidance for problems
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
- psychodynamicConcerning unconscious mental forces
- group therapyCommunal psychological treatment
- family therapyTreatment involving related members
transference · countertransference · gestalt · humanistic · existential · interpersonal · integrative · talk therapy
Temporary disease absence
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- wellnessOverall state of health
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
maintenance · relapse prevention · reintegration · support · coping · functioning · quality of life
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
neurosis · mania · dementia · phobia · paranoia · obsession · compulsion · delusion · hallucination · PTSD
inpatient
Admitted overnight patient
- outpatientTreated without admission
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
ward · consultation · asylum · institution · deinstitutionalization · clinic · hospital · emergency · forensic · liaison
psychopharmacology
Study of drug-brain interactions
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
SSRIs · benzodiazepines · lithium · clozapine · haloperidol · sertraline · fluoxetine · MAOIs · psychotropic · dosage
DSM
Psychiatric classification manual
- ICDDisease classification system
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
differential diagnosis · comorbidity · prognosis · symptom · criteria · screening · intake
Freudian
Of unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- psychodynamicsScience of mental forces
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
cognitive · unconscious · archetype · ego · superego · id · defense mechanism · attachment · neuroscience · biopsychosocial
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
- psychodynamicConcerning unconscious mental forces
- group therapyCommunal psychological treatment
family therapy · transference · countertransference · gestalt · humanistic · existential · interpersonal · integrative · talk therapy · trauma-focused
remission
Temporary disease absence
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- wellnessOverall state of health
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
stabilization · maintenance · relapse prevention · reintegration · support · coping · functioning · quality of life
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, internal medicine, pediatrics, dermatology
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
psychiatrypsychology
Study of mind, behavior
psychotherapy · talk therapy · counseling · peer support · life coaching
psychiatryantipsychiatry
Opposition to psychiatric establishment
psychiatrysurgery
Invasive medical procedure
cardiology · orthopedics · internal medicine · general practice · emergency medicine
- 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
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