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 559 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Apache Junction is 3, in Benson is 2, in Buckeye is 1, in Bullhead City is 2, in Casa Grande is 3, in Chandler is 4, in Chinle is 2, in Cottonwood is 3, in Davis Monthan Afb is 1, in Flagstaff is 17, in Florence is 1, in Fort Defiance is 3, in Fort Huachuca is 2, in Fredonia is 1, in Ganado is 1, in Gilbert is 2, in Glendale is 17, in Goodyear is 2, in Green Valley is 1, in Holbrook is 1, in Kayenta is 1, in Kingman is 4, in Lake Havasu City is 4, in Luke Afb is 3, in Mesa is 57, in Nogales is 3, in Oro Valley is 3, in Page is 2, in Paradise Valley is 2, in Parker is 1, in Peoria is 2, in Phoenix is 244, in Pinetop is 1, in Prescott is 16, in Prescott Valley is 2, in Sacaton is 1, in Safford is 1, in Scottsdale is 61, in Sedona is 4, in Show Low is 2, in Sierra Vista is 3, in Sun City is 4, in Sun City West is 4, in Teecnospos is 1, in Tempe is 15, in Tuba City is 3, in Tucson is 136, in Whiteriver is 1, in Wickenburg is 3, and in Yuma is 4.

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.