Psychiatric Treatment in Delhi - Diagnosis of Various Mental Disorders

A psychiatrist is a physician who is a specialist in psychiatry; he/she specializes in the diagnosis of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are the specialists who are involved in evaluating patients to determine whether or not the symptoms of their patients are the result of a physical illness, or it is a combination of physical & mental illness, or it is purely a psychiatric illness.

To be confirmed the psychiatrists may employ a psychiatric examination, a physical exam, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), brain imaging (computerized tomography or CT/CAT scan) & positron emission tomography (PET) scanning &blood laboratory to detect the illness of their patients.

Psychiatrists prescribe medicine & may also use psychotherapy, although a large number of individuals do medical management & refer to a psychologist or another specialist person on weekly basis to bimonthly psychotherapy.

Many times we have seen that rape victims also being treated by psychiatrists so that they can be brought back in the mainstream of life after they have recovered from their state of shock & illness, psychiatry can also be used to cure delinquent criminals who are serving sentence in juvenile jails. Psychiatry today has become very advanced & is able to cure most of the illnesses of the patients.

Psychiatry deals with the different states of mind like schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, depression, sexual abuse, suicidal tendencies, mental disability, cerebral palsy, etc. Today with the help of medication & treatment cerebral palsy patients are finding a place in the mainstream of the society.