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. Ohio has 1,151 practicing psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density in Akron is 62, in Alliance is 1, in Amherst is 6, in Ashland is 1, in Athens is 14, in Avon Lake is 2, in Barberton is 2, in Beachwood is 54, in Beavercreek is 6, in Bellbrook is 2, in Bellefontaine is 2, in Bowling Green is 6, in Brecksville is 14, in Brooklyn is 4, in Cambridge is 10, in Canfield is 5, in Canton is 19, in Centerville is 4, in Chardon is 5, in Chillicothe is 18, in Cincinnati is 185, in Cleveland is 201, in Cleveland Heights is 14, in Columbus is 123, in Cuyahoga Falls is 9, in Dayton is 97, in Delaware is 5, in Dublin is 9, in East Cleveland is 2, in Elyria is 4, in Englewood is 1, in Euclid is 2, in Fairborn is 1, in Fairfield is 2, in Fairlawn is 6, in Fairview Park is 2, in Findlay is 5, in Fremont is 5, in Garfield Heights is 7, in Grove City is 2, in Hamilton is 11, in Harrison is 1, in Hilliard is 1, in Hillsboro is 5, in Huber Heights is 1, in Hudson is 2, in Independence is 7, in Kent is 5, in Kettering is 5, in Lakewood is 5, in Lancaster is 8, in Lima is 9, in Lorain is 18, in Mansfield is 11, in Marietta is 4, in Marion is 4, in Marysville is 2, in Mason is 5, in Massillon is 11, in Mayfield Village is 1, in Medina is 7, in Mentor is 7, in Middleburg Heights is 5, in Milford is 5, in Moraine is 4, in Newark is 15, in North Olmsted is 1, in Oregon is 4, in Oxford is 1, in Parma is 1, in Parma Heights is 1, in Perrysburg is 3, in Port Clinton is 2, in Portsmouth is 5, in Rocky River is 6, in Sandusky is 8, in Shaker Heights is 9, in Sidney is 3, in Solon is 4, in South Euclid is 3, in Springfield is 12, in Stow is 1, in Strongsville is 2, in Struthers is 2, in Tallmadge is 2, in Tipp City is 3, in Toledo is 54, in Troy is 2, in Vandalia is 1, in Warren is 23, in Wauseon is 4, in Westerville is 10, in Westlake is 21, in Willard is 3, in Willoughby is 14, in Willoughby Hills is 4, in Wooster is 3, in Worthington is 9, in Xenia is 6, and in Zanesville is 5.

Ohio’s northern border is Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. Columbus is the capital city, and the population of Ohio is 11,464,042. Ohio is the birthplace of seven presidents, all born here before 1900. In 1803, President Jefferson approved Ohio’s boundaries and constitution, but congress did not formally admit Ohio as a state. Ohio was not officially accepted into the United States until retroactively in 1953 by President Eisenhower. Visitors drive through covered bridges, see earthen effigy mounds and other historical monuments, or go hiking, fishing, boating or golfing in Ohio’s state parks. The Goodyear Blimp in docks in Akron, the world’s largest crystal ball is in Westerville, and the SunWatch Indian Village Archaeological Park is a popular site in Dayton.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Ohio has a population of 11,464,042. Of this population, 2,685,258 are under the age of 18 and 1,522,387 are at or above the age of 65.