Department of Psychiatry & Psychology

What is Psychiatry & Psychology?

Psychiatry is the study and treatment of mental illness and abnormal behavior. On the other hand, psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, mental characteristics or attitude of a person or group.

What Are The Doctors Of Psychiatry & Psychology Called?

Psychiatrists are medical doctors who are specialized to prescribe medications as their course of treatment. Psychologists, on the other hand, focus on using psychotherapy and behavioral intervention to treat the emotional and mental suffering of patients.

When Is It A Good Time To See A Psychiatrist & Psychologist?

The warning signs and symptoms which might alert you for a visit to a psychiatrist or a psychologist:

Confused thinking
Prolonged depression (sadness or irritability)
Feelings of extreme highs and lows
Excessive fears, worries and anxieties
Social withdrawal
Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping habits
Strong feelings of anger
Strange thoughts (delusions)
Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations)
Growing inability to cope with daily problems and activities
Suicidal thoughts
Numerous unexplained physical ailments
Substance use

What Do The Doctors Of Psychiatry & Psychology Treat?

Acute stress disorder
Adjustment disorder
Adolescent antisocial behavior
Adult antisocial behavior
Agoraphobia
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol dependence
Alcohol withdrawal
Alcoholic hallucinosis
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Alzheimer’s disease
Amnestic disorder
Amphetamine dependence
Anorexia nervosa
Anterograde amnesia
Antisocial personality disorder
Attention deficit disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism
Autophagia
Avoidant personality disorder
Atelophobia
Asperger syndrome
Anxiety
Barbiturate dependence
Benzodiazepine dependence
Benzodiazepine misuse
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Bereavement
Bibliomania
Binge eating disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar I disorder
Bipolar II disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Borderline intellectual functioning
Borderline personality disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Caffeine-induced anxiety disorder
Caffeine-induced sleep disorder
Cannabis dependence
Catatonic disorder
Catatonic schizophrenia
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Claustrophobia
Cocaine dependence
Cocaine intoxication
Cognitive disorder
Communication disorder
Conduct disorder
Cotard delusion
Cyclothymia
Delirium tremens
Depersonalization disorder
Depressive disorder
Derealization disorder
Dermatillomania
Desynchronosis
Developmental coordination disorder
Diogenes Syndrome
Dispareunia
Dissociative identity disorder
Dyspraxia
Dyslexia
EDNOS
Ekbom’s Syndrome (Delusional Parasitosis)
Encopresis
Epilepsy
Enuresis (not due to a general medical condition)
Erotomania
Exhibitionism
Factitious disorder
Fregoli delusion
Fugue State
Ganser syndrome
Generalized anxiety disorder
General adaptation syndrome
Grandiose delusions
Hallucinogen-related disorder
Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Huntington’s disease
Hypomanic episode
Hypochondriasis
Insomnia
Intermittent explosive disorder
Kleptomania
Korsakoff’s syndrome
Lacunar amnesia
Major depressive disorder
Major depressive episode
Maladaptive Daydreaming
Male erectile disorder
Malingering
Manic episode
Mathematics disorder
Melancholia
Minor depressive disorder
Misophonia
Mixed episode
Mood disorder
Munchausen’s syndrome
Narcolepsy
Narcissistic personality disorder
Neurocysticercosis
Nicotine withdrawal
Night eating syndrome
Nightmare disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
Oneirophrenia
Opioid dependence
Opioid-related disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder(ODD)
Orthorexia (ON)
Ondine’s curse
Pain disorder
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Parasomnia
Parkinson’s Disease
Pathological gambling
Persecutory delusion
Personality disorder
Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)
Phencyclidine (or phencyclidine-like)-related disorder
Phobic disorder
Pica (disorder)
Psychosis
Phonological disorder
Physical abuse
Polysubstance-related disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD)
Premature ejaculation
Primary hypersomnia
Primary insomnia
Psychogenic amnesia
Psychotic disorder
Pyromania
Reactive attachment disorderof infancy or early childhood
Recurrent brief depression
Relational disorder
Residual schizophrenia
Retrograde amnesia
Rumination syndrome
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic-related disorder
Selective mutism
Separation anxiety disorder
Severe mental retardation
Shared psychotic disorder
Sleep disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Sleep terror disorder
Sleepwalking disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Social phobia
Somatization disorder
Somatoform disorder
Specific phobia
Stereotypic movement disorder
Stuttering
Substance-related disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Tourette syndrome
Transient tic disorder
Transient global amnesia
Trichotillomania

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