For Patients & Families

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders. Learn more about psychiatry here.

• What is Psychiatry?
• Find a Psychiatrist
• Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
• Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
• Anxiety Disorders
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Bipolar Disorders
• Climate Change and Mental Health Connections
• Coping After Disaster
• Depression
• Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders
• Dissociative Disorders
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Gambling Disorder
• Gender Dysphoria
• Helping a Loved One Cope with Mental Illness
• Hoarding Disorder
• Intellectual Disability
• Internet Gaming
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Opioid Use Disorder
• Peripartum Depression (formerly Postpartum)
• Personality Disorders
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Prolonged Grief Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Sleep Disorders
• Somatic Symptom Disorder
• Specific Learning Disorder
• Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
• Suicide Prevention
• Warning Signs of Mental Illness
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
• What is Mental Illness?
• What is Psychotherapy?
• What is Telepsychiatry?
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