LP6466-9
Psychiatry
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Descriptions
Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness €" both in itself and in bodily illness ('psychiatry in medicine') €" such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. Its primary goal is the relief of mental suffering and improvement of mental well-being. This is sometimes done by first doing a thorough diagnostic assessment of the person from a biological, psychological, and socialcultural perspective. An illness or problem can then be managed by medication or various forms of psychotherapy. The word 'psychiatry' derives from the Greek for healer of the spirit. Most psychiatric illnesses cannot currently be cured. While some have short time courses and only minor symptoms, many are chronic conditions which can have a significant impact on a patients' quality of life and even life expectancy, and as such may require long-term or life-long treatment. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Psychiatry (Wikipedia)
The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Psychiatry
- Part Display Name
- Psychiatry
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Psychiatric
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | psychiatrie |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Psichiatria |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Psychiatie |
| de-AT | German (Austria) | Psychiatrie und Psychotherapeutische Medizin Synonyms: Psychiatrie |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Psychiatrie |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 精神病学 Synonyms: 精神病治疗法; |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ψυχιατρική Synonyms: Ψυχιατρική |
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