How A Psychiatrist Can Help You! What is Psychiatry? – Healthy Mind Psychiatry

What is Psychiatry?
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
Psychiatrists are medical doctors (an M.D or D.O) who are experts in mental health, and assesses, diagnoses, and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Psychiatrists have a deep understanding of physical and mental health – and how they affect each other.
To become a psychiatrist, a person must complete medical school and four years of residency training.
When should you see a psychiatrist?
Most common reasons why someone might see a psychiatrist are, anxiety, depressed or low mood that doesn’t go away, suicidal Ideations, PTSD, having a manic episode, hearing voices or hallucinating, obsessive compulsive disorder, poor concentration, attention, hyperactivity, insomnia or other sleep problems, mood disorders, postpartum depression, and eating disorders.
Mental health episodes may happen randomly, infrequently or be constant. The important thing to remember is that if they’re negatively affecting your quality of life, it’s a clear sign you need to seek help.
In some cases, your primary healthcare provider may refer you to a psychiatrist if you share your symptoms with them. But you can usually go directly to a psychiatrist for a diagnosis and treatment plan if you prefer (most insurances will cover the visit).
What treatments does Healthy Mind Psychiatry provide?
– Diagnosis, medication management for all the above reasons
– Spravato treatment – FDA approved for treatment resistant depression (Majority of insurance companies cover the treatment).
– IV Ketamine treatment
While it can be difficult and overwhelming to seek help for mental health conditions, it’s essential to do so. Mental health conditions are very common, and your mental health is just as important as your physical health.
For more information please call Healthy Mind Psychiatry at 661-481-0022.