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psychiatry /psy·chi·a·try/ (si-ki´ah-tre) the branch of medicine dealing with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders.psychiat´ric biological psychiatry that which emphasizes physical, chemical, and neurological causes and treatment approaches. community psychiatry that concerned with the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders as they develop within designated psychosocial, cultural, or geographical areas. descriptive psychiatry that based on the study of observable symptoms and behavioral phenomena, rather than underlying psychodynamic processes. dynamic psychiatry that based on the study of emotional processes, their origins, and the mental mechanisms underlying them, rather than observable behavioral phenomena. forensic psychiatry that dealing with the legal aspects of mental disorders. geriatric psychiatry geropsychiatry. preventive psychiatry that broadly concerned with the amelioration, control, and limitation of psychiatric disability. social psychiatry that concerned with the cultural and social factors that engender, precipitate, intensify, or prolong maladaptive patterns of behavior and complicate treatment.
forensic psychiatry Etymology: L, forum, public place; Gk, psyche, mind, iatreia, treament a branch of psychiatry concerned with the application of psychiatry to law, including criminal responsibility, guardianship, and competence to stand trial. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The two-year part-time course covers law and legislation, substance abuse, deviant and criminal sexual behaviour, families, children and adolescents, and research in forensic psychiatry. Anderson is board certified in general psychology and subspecialties geriatric psychiatry and forensic psychiatry and has served as the chair of the Communications and Marketing Committee of the American Association for Geriatric Psychology. The new site offers powerful searching capabilities, including options for users to drill down by geographic location and with precision from broad categories -- such as Medical Experts & Consultants -- to specific areas of expertise -- such as Forensic Psychiatry Experts -- in order to meet their unique needs. |
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