A Day In the Life

An interview with a psychiatrist about being a psychiatrist.

Timeline

A history of psychiatry.

Repressed Memories

Funny psychiatrist cartoon.

The American Journal of Psychiatry

This is the website of the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association.

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/journal.aspx?journalid=13

Psychiatrist for Psychiatrist

This is a blog that is written for psychiatrists by psychiatrists.

http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/

Psychiatrist blog.

This is the blog of Dr Michelle Tempest who is a psychiatrist.

http://drmichelletempest.blogspot.com/

Brain Music Therapy

Brain music therapy is used to treat insomnia.

http://psychiatryfortworth.com/brainmusictherapy.php

Depression

Depression is one of the mental illnesses treated by psychiatrists.

http://psychiatryfortworth.com/depression-tms/

Healthy Brain

Psychiatrists have to know how a healthy brain works in order to know when a brain is not working correctly.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/psychiatry-and-the-brain

Can't Survive Alone

Many times psychiatrists uses prescriptions to help solve chemical imbalances that cause mental problems. without the pharmaceutics companies psychiatrists could not get their patients theses medicines. The companies also depend on psychiatrist to prescribe the drugs so they can make their money.

Specialties

This is a web page that describes some of the psychiatry sub-specialties.

http://psychiatrydegrees.hubpages.com/hub/Psychiatry-Specialties

How to Become a Psyhciatrist

This page tells how to become a psychiatrist. It explains the education, training, and licensing involved.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-4

Psychiatry and The Law

Forensic psychiatrists work with courts to determine if a individual is competent to stand trial, and if they have a defense based on mental diseases. They also can give sentencing recommendations.

Wages

This page shows the Buereau of Labor Statiscs average wages of psychiatrist compared to other physicians and surgeons. Psychiatrists make an average of $200,694 a year.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-5

Forensic Psychiatry

This is a podcast where Dr Ali Ajaz a trainee in forensic psychiatry interviews Dr Paul Simon about his work in forensic psychiatry.

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/files/podcast/What_is_forensic_psychiatry.mp3

About Psychiatry

This is a web page that gives more information about psychiatry. It talks about things such as the training/certification of psychiatrist and specialties in the field.

http://www.psychiatry.org/about-apa--psychiatry/more-about-psychiatry

Brain Mechanics

In order to treat the mental and behavioral symptoms of their patients psychiatrists have to know how the brain works.

Interview with Christopher Reist

This is a video of an interview with Christopher Reist. He answers the questions: "What is psychiatry?" "What's the difference between psychiatry and psychology?" and "What is a mental disorder?".

http://www.videojug.com/interview/psychiatry-terms?source_link=verticalrecommendation

On The Other Hand

A little bit of psychiatric humor.

 

Psychology vs Psychiatry

Many people don't know the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Often they are thought of as the same things. This web page explains the differences between the two and how these differences effect the treatment of patients.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/psychology-vs-psychiatry-which-is-better