Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of deleterious mental conditions . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These include various matters related to mood, behaviour, cognition , perceptions , and emotions. Psychiatry Focus Mental health Subdivisions Neuropsychiatry , biological psychiatry , social psychiatry Significant diseases Schizophrenia , mood , impulse-control , eating , neurodevelopmental , personality , substance use disorders Significant tests Mental status examination , psychological , cognitive , personality tests Specialist Psychiatrist Glossary Glossary of psychiatry Initial psychiatric assessment of a person begins with creating a case history and conducting a mental status examination . Physical examinations, psychological tests , and laboratory tests may be conducted. On occasion, neuroima...