Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Last updated date: 10-Jul-2024

Originally Written in English

Mental health is essential in every single stage of life, right from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. It’s characterized by social, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. Therefore, any mental health issue can highly impair normal thinking, feeling, and behavior. 

Psychiatry is thus concerned with the mental health state of the patients. It helps diagnose, treat, and prevent a range of behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders. It also aims at restoring the normal mental state to enable patients to live normally. 

 

Definition of Psychiatry 

Psychiatry is a specialized medical field that focuses on diagnosing, treating, preventing, and managing a wide range of mental disorders. Mental disorders consist of the maladaptations associated with the person's overall behavior, moods, perception, and cognition.