Psychiatry

Psychiatry branch of medicine that deals with diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. It also deals with consciousness, choice, motivation, free will, relationships, and everything that talks about the mind and behavior of an individual. People seek psychiatric assistance for various causes like panic attacks, thoughts of suicide, hallucination, or long-term sensation of sadness, despair, and anxiousness that never appear to lift or any issues functioning that cause distorted or out of control in everyday life. Psychiatrists are the medical professionals tasked with assisting patients in resolving these issues. They are qualified to provide evaluation, diagnosis, and therapy to those facing life's challenges. This may sound like Psychology, but Psychiatry is a medical discipline and psychiatrists earn medical degrees and can prescribe medications.

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