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. Maine has 262 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Arundel is 2, in Auburn is 2, in Augusta is 24, in Bangor is 34, in Bar Harbor is 3, in Bath is 6, in Belfast is 6, in Bethel is 1, in Biddeford is 14, in Bridgton is 1, in Brunswick is 23, in Caribou is 2, in Damariscotta is 2, in Dexter is 1, in Dover Foxcroft is 2, in Eastport is 2, in Ellsworth is 2, in Falmouth is 4, in Farmington is 4, in Fort Fairfield is 3, in Fort Kent is 3, in Gray is 1, in Harpswell is 1, in Houlton is 1, in Kennebunk is 5, in Kittery is 11, in Lewiston is 24, in Lincoln is 2, in Madawaska is 2, in Mexico is 2, in New Gloucester is 2, in Newport is 1, in Orono is 2, in Orrington is 1, in Porter is 1, in Portland is 75, in Presque Isle is 1, in Princeton is 1, in Rockland is 8, in Rockport is 4, in Rome is 1, in Rumford is 1, in Saco is 20, in Sanford is 1, in Scarborough is 2, in Skowhegan is 8, in South Portland is 5, in Southwest Harbor is 1, in Springvale is 10, in Waldo is 1, in Waterville is 12, in Westbrook is 13, in Winslow is 1, in Winthrop is 3, in Yarmouth is 6, and in York is 8.

When you think of Maine, you probably think of seafood. Maine’s 228 miles of coastline offer residents and tourists breathtaking coastal scenery and numerous summer water sports, though most tourists visit Maine in the warmer months. Ninety percent of the land in Maine is forested, and the Appalachian Trail begins in this state. The capital city is Augusta, and the population is 1,321, 505. Famous Maine citizens include author Stephen King, artist Andrew Wyeth, and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Maine has a population of 1,321,505. Of this population, 272,217 are under the age of 18 and 192,024 are at or above the age of 65.