Outline of psychiatry

What type of thing is psychiatry?

Academic discipline – field of study with academic departments, curricula and degrees; national and international societies; and specialized journals.

Scientific field (a branch of science) – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published.

A natural science – field that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world using empirical and scientific methods.

A biological science – a branch of biology, which is concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.

A medical specialty – branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.

Subspecialties of psychiatry

Addiction psychiatry – focuses on evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of individuals with dual diagnosis of substance-related and other psychiatric disorders.

Child and adolescent psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specialises in work with children, teenagers, and their families.

Cross-cultural psychiatry – branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorder and psychiatric services.

Emergency psychiatry – clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings.

Forensic psychiatry – interface between law and psychiatry.

Geriatric psychiatry – branch of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in humans with old age.

Liaison psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specializes in the interface between other medical specialties and psychiatry.

Military psychiatry – covers special aspects of psychiatry and mental disorders within the military context.

Neuropsychiatry – branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system.

Social psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing.

Approaches of psychiatry

Biological psychiatry – approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorders in terms of the biological function of the nervous system.

Community psychiatry – approach that reflects an inclusive public health perspective and is practiced in community mental health services.

Global Mental Health – area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.

History of psychiatry

History of psychiatry

General psychiatry concepts

Mental disorder

Classification of mental disorders

History of mental disorder

Mental Health

Doctor-patient relationship

Therapeutic relationship

Nosological system

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems

Psychiatric diagnoses

ADHD

Bipolar disorder

Mania

Schizophrenia

History of schizophrenia

Dementia praecox

Instruments

Mental status examination

Diagnostic practices

Rosenhan experiment

Psychiatric treatment

Treatment of mental disorders

Chemical treatment

Antidepressants

Antipsychotic

Chemical imbalance theory

Mood stabilizers

Psychiatric medication

List of psychiatric medications

List of psychiatric medications by condition treated

Electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy

History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom

Insulin coma therapy

Insulin shock therapy (defunct)

Psychosurgery

Psychosurgery

Lobotomy (defunct)

Lobotomy instruments

Leucotome

Orbitoclast

Lobotomy patients

Howard Dully

Fever therapy

Pyrotherapy (defunct)

Psychological treatment

Psychotherapy

List of psychotherapies

Legal frameworks of psychiatric treatment

Diminished responsibility

Forensic Psychiatry

Informed consent

Insanity

Insanity defence

Involuntary commitment

Involuntary treatment

Irresistible impulse

M'Naghten Rules

Macdonald triad

Mens rea

Mental health law

Obligatory Dangerousness Criterion

Outpatient commitment

Psychiatric advance directive

Sanity

Therapeutic jurisprudence

Ulysses pact

Voluntary commitment

Australia

Justices examination order

Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales

Ireland

1814-1922

Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act 1838

From 1922–present

Mental Health Act 2001

Italy

Basaglia Law

Law 180

U.K.

Care in the Community

Criminal Lunatics Act 1800

Idiots Act 1886

Fixated Threat Assessment Centre

Lunacy Act 1845

Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886

Madhouses Act 1774

Place of safety

England and Wales

Approved Mental Health Professional

Diminished responsibility in English law

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Mental Health Act 1983

Mental Health Act 2007

Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales)

Mental Treatment Act 1930

Nearest relative

Scotland

Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

Forensic Network

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999

U.S.A.

Adjudicative competence

Civil confinement

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

Competence (law)

Duty to protect

Duty to warn

Forensic Mental Health Association of California

List of criminal competencies

Mental health courts

PsychRights

Ultimate issue (law)

Californian mental health law

5150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold)

Florida mental health law

Florida Mental Health Act: the Baker Act

Political movements

Psychiatric survivors movement

Anti-psychiatry movement

Anti-psychiatry

People in the anti-psychiatry movement

Franco Basaglia

David Cooper (psychiatrist)

Michel Foucault

R.D. Laing

Loren Mosher

Thomas Szasz

Anti-psychiatry publications

Against Therapy

Anti-Oedipus

Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry

Madness and Civilization

Anti-psychiatry organisations

American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization

General

Asylums (book)

Psychiatric hospital

History of psychiatric institutions

Deinstitutionalization

Psychiatric reform in Italy

Titicut Follies

Australian psychiatric institutions

List of Australian psychiatric institutions

Psychiatric organizations

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

American Psychiatric Association

American Neuropsychiatric Association

Brazilian Association of Psychiatry

Canadian Psychiatric Association

Chinese Society of Psychiatry

Democratic Psychiatry

German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology

Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists

Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia

Indian Psychiatric Society

Irish College of Psychiatrists

Israeli Psychiatric Association

Italian Psychiatric Society

Japanese Society of Psychiatry & Neurology

Korean Neuropsychiatric Association

Maryland Psychiatric Society

National Institute of Mental Health

Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Singapore Psychiatric Association

South African Society of Psychiatrists

World Psychiatric Association

Psychiatrists

List of psychiatrists

Academic psychiatrists by country

Ireland

Patricia Casey

Anthony Clare