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. Connecticut has 793 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Ansonia is 5, in Avon is 13, in Berlin is 2, in Bloomfield is 3, in Branford is 7, in Bridgeport is 27, in Bristol is 7, in Brookfield is 6, in Canton is 2, in Cheshire is 6, in Cos Cob is 1, in Cromwell is 3, in Danbury is 26, in Darien is 7, in Dayville is 2, in Deep River is 1, in Derby is 6, in East Hartford is 8, in East Haven is 2, in East Lyme is 2, in Ellington is 1, in Enfield is 14, in Essex is 5, in Fairfield is 11, in Farmington is 50, in Gales Ferry is 1, in Glastonbury is 16, in Greenwich is 22, in Groton is 9, in Guilford is 12, in Hamden is 28, in Hartford is 99, in Higganum is 1, in Ivoryton is 1, in Kensington is 1, in Lakeville is 2, in Litchfield is 2, in Madison is 5, in Manchester is 15, in Mansfield Center is 12, in Meriden is 17, in Middlebury is 2, in Middletown is 53, in Milford is 11, in Monroe is 1, in New Britain is 15, in New Canaan is 19, in New Haven is 169, in New London is 13, in New Milford is 5, in Newington is 16, in Newtown is 2, in Niantic is 1, in North Haven is 3, in Norwalk is 17, in Norwich is 18, in Old Greenwich is 1, in Old Lyme is 1, in Old Saybrook is 1, in Orange is 6, in Plainville is 7, in Pomfret Center is 1, in Portland is 2, in Prospect is 1, in Putnam is 4, in Redding is 2, in Ridgefield is 3, in Sharon is 5, in Shelton is 2, in Simsbury is 4, in Somers is 1, in South Windsor is 2, in Southbury is 4, in Southington is 5, in Southport is 1, in Stafford is 1, in Stafford Springs is 5, in Stamford is 17, in Stonington is 1, in Stratford is 4, in Suffield is 1, in Torrington is 13, in Trumbull is 7, in Uncasville is 1, in Vernon is 4, in Vernon Rockville is 1, in Wallingford is 4, in Waterbury is 33, in Waterford is 3, in West Hartford is 40, in West Haven is 34, in West Redding is 1, in Weston is 3, in Westport is 26, in Wethersfield is 2, in Willimantic is 7, in Wilton is 4, in Winsted is 2, in Woodbridge is 12, and in Woodbury is 3.

This New England state is one of the original 13 states; Connecticut’s capital is Hartford and its population is 3,510,297. This state is steeped in history. Visit the past at the Nathan Hale Homestead near New London, or Yale University in New Haven. Tour the home of Mark Twain, the New England Air Museum, or the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Explore a historic tobacco farming area, do some hiking and biking, or visit the numerous antique shops or lighthouses in the eastern coastal area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.