Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry.
Initial psychiatric assessment of a person typically begins with a case history and mental status examination.
Physical examinations and psychological tests may be conducted. On occasion, neuroimaging or other neurophysiological techniques are used.
The combined treatment of psychiatric medication and psychotherapy has become the most common mode of psychiatric treatment in current practice,
Treatment may be delivered on an inpatient or outpatient basis, depending on the severity of functional impairment or on other aspects of the disorder in question.
The department of psychiatry in City Hospital is managed by a fully competent, experienced, compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Dhananjay Patil.
He has a vast experience of successful management of all types of psychiatric illnesses.
City Hospital has a separate dedicated ward for patients with psychiatric illness with EEG and ECT facilities.
Common Psychiatric Disorders & their Symptoms:
Depression, Low mood, easy fatigability, lack of interest, insomnia, Suicidal thoughts, etc.
