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Specialist areas of psychiatry |
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Some psychiatrists gain additional training and experience within the field of psychiatry.
The specialties include child and adolescent psychiatry, psychiatry of old age, forensic psychiatry (concerned with legal, compensation and criminal cases), psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
Psychiatrists also act as consultants in drug and alcohol programs and to community services. Within hospitals they are commonly involved in liaison with other areas of medicine and surgery, for example as consultants to pain clinics. Differences between psychiatry and psychology Unlike a psychologist, a psychiatrist is a fully qualified medical specialist who has completed at least 13 years of medical education in all aspects of medicine, surgery and psychiatry.
Psychiatrists have a unique perspective in being able to diagnose, manage and care for people with mental illnesses and emotional problems whilst keeping both their emotional and physical states in perspective.
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