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. Colorado has 477 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Alamosa is 2, in Arvada is 5, in Aspen is 1, in Aurora is 27, in Avon is 1, in Boulder is 39, in Broomfield is 1, in Canon City is 2, in Carbondale is 1, in Castle Rock is 1, in Centennial is 6, in Colorado Springs is 37, in Conifer is 1, in Cordoba is 1, in Cortez is 1, in Denver is 207, in Dolores is 1, in Durango is 7, in Englewood is 19, in Evergreen is 3, in Fort Carson is 3, in Fort Collins is 15, in Fort Morgan is 1, in Glenwood Springs is 3, in Golden is 1, in Grand Junction is 19, in Greeley is 5, in Greenwood Village is 11, in La Junta is 1, in Lakewood is 15, in Littleton is 17, in Longmont is 8, in Louisville is 8, in Loveland is 3, in Manitou Springs is 1, in Montrose is 4, in Monument is 1, in Morrison is 1, in Mosca is 1, in New Haven is 1, in Pagosa Springs is 1, in Peterson Afb is 1, in Pueblo is 32, in Steamboat Springs is 1, in Sterling is 1, in Thornton is 7, in U S A F Academy is 1, in Usaf Academy is 1, in Westminster is 7, in Wheat Ridge is 12, and in Yuma is 1.

Colorado is the Centennial state; having won statehood in 1876. Its capital is Denver, called the “Mile High City,” because its altitude at the state capitol steps is 5,280 feet. Colorado’s population is 4,653,023, and over half the state’s population is in the Denver metro area. Known for its Rocky Mountains and abundant outdoor sports opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting, Colorado also offers tourists Pike’s Peak, the Royal Gorge, and the Red Rocks outdoor amphitheater. Denver is home to an active theater culture, a world-class symphony, and many sports activities. You can visit a gold mine, tour the state capitol building, climb a mountain, or relax in some therapeutic natural hot springs.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Colorado has a population of 4,665,177. Of this population, 1,140,002 are under the age of 18 and 462,190 are at or above the age of 65.