Psychiatry deals with prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of mental illness. A psychiatrist diagnoses and treats those with mental and emotional disorders such as schizophrenia, addictions, mood and anxiety disorders, substance-abuse disorders, and sexual and adjustment disorders. After assessment, the psychiatrist can diagnose, treat and manage an illness or problem by medication or various forms of psychotherapy. A psychiatrist is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, evaluate and treat psychologic and interpersonal problems, and to intervene with families who are coping with stress, crises and other problems.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are attention deficit hyperactive, learning disabilities, co-dependency, attention deficit disorder, clinical depression, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, phobias, mania, schizophrenia, claustrophobia, paranoia, agoraphobia, psychosis, social anxiety disorder, hallucination, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and panic attacks.

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including marital therapy, marital counseling, adolescent counseling, child counseling, stress management, hypnosis, family therapy, shock treatment, relaxation therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychiatric therapy.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including psychiatric evaluation, intelligence tests, personality tests, add/adhd tests, depression tests, stress tests, abuse tests, psychiatric exam, sexual health tests, and addictions tests.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Arizona has 529 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Apache Junction is 3, in Benson is 2, in Bullhead City is 3, in Casa Grande is 6, in Chinle is 1, in Cottonwood is 2, in Douglas is 1, in Eagar is 1, in Flagstaff is 19, in Florence is 1, in Fort Huachuca is 1, in Fredonia is 1, in Gilbert is 1, in Glendale is 20, in Globe is 1, in Goodyear is 2, in Holbrook is 1, in Kingman is 6, in Lake Havasu City is 3, in Litchfield Park is 2, in Mesa is 60, in Nogales is 6, in Oro Valley is 2, in Page is 1, in Paradise Valley is 4, in Payson is 2, in Peoria is 4, in Phoenix is 207, in Pinetop is 1, in Prescott is 13, in Prescott Valley is 2, in Riviera is 1, in Saint Johns is 1, in Scottsdale is 82, in Sedona is 6, in Show Low is 3, in Sierra Vista is 4, in Springerville is 1, in Sun City is 2, in Sun City West is 3, in Tempe is 18, in Tuba City is 1, in Tucson is 134, in Wickenburg is 5, in Winslow is 1, and in Yuma is 6.

Arizona has many famous tourist attractions and parks, including the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, which was created when the dam was built. The Grand Canyon draws millions of visitors each year, and Phoenix, Scottsdale, Flagstaff each draw their own sun-seeking winter vacationers. Visit the world-famous O.K. Corral in Tombstone. Arizona’s population is 5,939,292, and Phoenix, the capital city, is home to a majority of those people. Entertainers Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, and Tanya Tucker were born here, along with architect Frank Lloyd Wright and former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Arizona has a population of 5,939,292. Of this population, 1,535,805 are under the age of 18 and 754,345 are at or above the age of 65.