Psychiatrists

What is a Psychiatrist?

A psychiatrist is a doctor who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders, such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance-related disorders.

Professional Psychiatry Organizations

The mission of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) is to serve the public interest and the professions of psychiatry and neurology by promoting excellence in practice through certification and maintenance of certification processes. Methods for achieving that goal include efforts to describe, in terms of knowledge and skills, a physician with special expertise in evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with psychiatric and/or neurologic disorders or who require psychiatric and/or neurologic assessment; set the standards for knowledge and skills required for certification; construct and administer examinations designed to evaluate required knowledge and skills; monitor, evaluate, and improve the standards and procedures of the certification process.

The American Psychiatric Association is a medical specialty society recognized world-wide. Its over 38,000 U.S. and international member physicians work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its vision is a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

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