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. Iowa has 336 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Algona is 1, in Ames is 6, in Ankeny is 8, in Atlantic is 4, in Audubon is 1, in Bedford is 2, in Bettendorf is 1, in Bloomfield is 1, in Boone is 1, in Burlington is 5, in Carroll is 7, in Cedar Falls is 2, in Cedar Rapids is 21, in Centerville is 2, in Chariton is 1, in Cherokee is 5, in Clarinda is 3, in Clinton is 7, in Clive is 5, in Colesburg is 2, in Coralville is 2, in Council Bluffs is 13, in Creston is 2, in Davenport is 16, in De Witt is 1, in Decorah is 3, in Denison is 7, in Des Moines is 41, in Dubuque is 14, in East Des Moines is 1, in East Fourteenth is 1, in Fairfield is 9, in Fort Dodge is 8, in Fort Madison is 2, in Grinnell is 2, in Harlan is 3, in Ida Grove is 1, in Independence is 6, in Indianola is 3, in Iowa City is 99, in Iowa Falls is 3, in Jefferson is 1, in Johnston is 1, in Keokuk is 1, in Knoxville is 1, in Lake View is 1, in Le Mars is 5, in Leon is 3, in Lone Tree is 1, in Manchester is 7, in Maquoketa is 1, in Marshalltown is 4, in Mason City is 5, in Mount Pleasant is 7, in Muscatine is 5, in Newton is 3, in North Liberty is 4, in Orange City is 2, in Oskaloosa is 2, in Ottumwa is 5, in Pella is 5, in Red Oak is 1, in Rock Valley is 3, in Sac City is 1, in Sheldon is 2, in Shenandoah is 6, in Sigourney is 1, in Sioux City is 12, in Spencer is 7, in Storm Lake is 3, in Strawberry Point is 1, in Toledo is 1, in Urbandale is 3, in Walker is 1, in Waterloo is 20, in Waverly is 6, in Webster City is 1, in West Burlington is 5, in West Des Moines is 6, in Windsor Heights is 1, and in Winterset is 1.

Iowa’s capital is Des Moines, home to Drake University. Iowa achieved Statehood 1846, and the state’s population is now 2,996,334. The Mississippi river borders the state on the east, and a majority of the state’s economic output is agricultural. Many cultural and entertainment opportunities exist for visitors to the “quad cities” of Davenport and Bettendorf, IA, and Rock Island and Moline, IL. Numerous museums, arts, music and sports events are available in Iowa, including the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, the Amana Colonies, and the Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead. Famous people born in Iowa: Buffalo Bill, entertainers Johnny Carson and John Wayne, and former president Herbert Hoover.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Iowa has a population of 2,966,334. Of this population, 656,031 are under the age of 18 and 434,196 are at or above the age of 65.