Psychiatry Doctor

Psychiatry is the medical specialty concerned with the study, treatment and management of mental disorders.

Doctors specializing in this field of medicine are known as psychiatrists. Psychiatrists and psychologists are not the same. Psychiatrists are medical doctors and psychologists are not. A psychiatry doctor is licensed to prescribe drugs and typically treats more severe cases using drugs than psychologists.

Conditions commonly treated by a psychiatry doctor include personality disorders, like addiction, schizophrenia, paranoia, eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and phobias.

Psychiatrists may sub-specialize in addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders.

This page helps you find a psychiatry doctor.