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. Maryland has 1,003 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Aberdeen is 1, in Abingdon is 1, in Annapolis is 13, in Arnold is 4, in Baltimore is 388, in Balto is 3, in Bel Air is 16, in Berlin is 1, in Berwyn Heights is 1, in Bethesda is 95, in Bowie is 7, in Brooklyn is 1, in Butler is 1, in Cabin John is 2, in Cambridge is 11, in Capitol Heights is 1, in Catonsville is 23, in Centreville is 1, in Cheltenham is 2, in Chestertown is 2, in Cheverly is 2, in Chevy Chase is 39, in Churchville is 1, in Clinton is 8, in College Park is 9, in Columbia is 43, in Crofton is 4, in Crownsville is 3, in Cumberland is 11, in Denton is 1, in Dundalk is 3, in Dunkirk is 1, in Easton is 9, in Eldersburg is 4, in Elkton is 11, in Ellicott City is 20, in Fallston is 2, in Frederick is 31, in Frostburg is 1, in Fulton is 1, in Gaithersburg is 25, in Glen Arm is 1, in Glen Burnie is 17, in Glenelg is 1, in Greenbelt is 6, in Hagerstown is 19, in Hampstead is 1, in Havre De Grace is 7, in Hollywood is 3, in Hyattsville is 3, in Jessup is 2, in Kensington is 18, in La Plata is 1, in Landover is 1, in Lanham is 5, in Laurel is 9, in Leonardtown is 7, in Lexington Park is 4, in Lutherville is 7, in Lutherville Timonium is 18, in Mitchellville is 1, in North Bethesda is 2, in Nottingham is 6, in Oakland is 3, in Owings is 3, in Owings Mills is 14, in Pasadena is 1, in Perry Point is 1, in Phoenix is 1, in Pikesville is 5, in Potomac is 6, in Prince Frederick is 9, in Princess Anne is 1, in Raljon is 1, in Randallstown is 6, in Reisterstown is 4, in Rockville is 64, in Rosedale is 4, in Saint Michaels is 1, in Salisbury is 8, in Severna Park is 3, in Silver Spring is 32, in Silver Springs is 1, in Skyesville is 4, in Snow Hill is 1, in South Pasadena is 1, in Sparks is 1, in Sparks Glencoe is 1, in Suitland is 1, in Sykesville is 16, in Takoma Park is 4, in Temple Hills is 2, in Timonium is 6, in Upper Marlboro is 6, in Waldorf is 11, in Washington Grove is 1, in Waverly is 3, in Westminster is 18, in Wheaton is 2, and in White Plains is 1.

Maryland was one of the thirteen original colonies, and achieved statehood in 1788. Maryland’s population is 5,600,388; Annapolis is its capital and home to the U.S. Naval Academy. Baltimore is the largest city, and is home to world-acclaimed Johns-Hopkins University and Hospital. There are myriad activities available for residents or visitors, including arts and theater, sports, museums, hiking, biking and walking trails, Famous people from Maryland include musician Frank Zappa, baseball great Babe Ruth, and Francis Scott Key, who wrote the “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

According to 2005 Census estimates, Maryland has a population of 5,600,388. Of this population, 1,360,481 are under the age of 18 and 641,040 are at or above the age of 65.