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Psychiatry Information
Description
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.
Diseases / Illnesses Treated
Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses,
but some of the most common are Learning Disabilities, Co-Dependency, Attention Deficit Hyperactive, clinical depression, Eating Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Mania, Phobias, Schizophrenia, Agoraphobia, Hallucination, Social Anxiety Disorder, Paranoia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Claustrophobia, Panic disorder, and Psychosis.
Procedures Performed
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Adolescent Counseling, Hypnosis, Shock Treatment, Stress Management, Relaxation Therapy, Family Therapy, Marital Therapy, Marital Counseling, Child Counseling, Electroconvulsive therapy, and psychiatric therapy.
Tests Performed
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Psychiatric Evaluation, Personality Tests, Intelligence Tests, Depression Tests, Stress Tests, ADD/ADHD Tests, Abuse Tests, psychiatric exam, Sexual Health Tests, and Addictions Tests.
Location Density Information
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Tennessee has
494 practicing
psychiatrists. Broken out by city, psychiatry doctor density
in Arlington is 2,
in Athens is 1,
in Bartlett is 7,
in Blountville is 1,
in Bolivar is 8,
in Brentwood is 7,
in Bristol is 3,
in Centerville is 1,
in Chattanooga is 33,
in Clarksville is 9,
in Cleveland is 6,
in Collierville is 1,
in Columbia is 6,
in Cookeville is 5,
in Cordova is 6,
in Covington is 3,
in Crossville is 1,
in Decaturville is 1,
in Dickson is 2,
in Dyersburg is 1,
in Elizabethton is 5,
in Erwin is 1,
in Estill Springs is 1,
in Fayetteville is 2,
in Franklin is 9,
in Gallatin is 3,
in Germantown is 1,
in Goodlettsville is 4,
in Greeneville is 3,
in Harriman is 3,
in Harrogate is 2,
in Henderson is 1,
in Hendersonville is 5,
in Hermitage is 4,
in Jackson is 9,
in Jasper is 1,
in Johnson City is 28,
in Kingsport is 15,
in Knoxville is 52,
in La Follette is 2,
in Lebanon is 3,
in Lenoir City is 1,
in Lexington is 2,
in Louisville is 8,
in Madison is 9,
in Madisonville is 5,
in Maryville is 7,
in Maynardville is 1,
in Mc Minnville is 3,
in Memphis is 74,
in Millington is 2,
in Morristown is 7,
in Mountain City is 1,
in Mountain Home is 15,
in Murfreesboro is 14,
in Nashville is 121,
in New Tazewell is 2,
in Newport is 1,
in Oak Ridge is 9,
in Oneida is 1,
in Paris is 5,
in Pulaski is 1,
in Ripley is 1,
in Savannah is 2,
in Sevierville is 1,
in Shelbyville is 2,
in Smyrna is 5,
in Somerville is 1,
in Springfield is 3,
in Talbott is 2,
in Tullahoma is 4,
and in Woodbury is 1.
Tennessee Information
Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796, and its capital city is Nashville. Popular sites to visit include Graceland, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or a trip on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, the steepest passenger train ride in the world. Nashville is home to the famous Grand Ole Opry – but it is only one of hundreds of Nashville entertainment opportunities. Famous Tennesseans: Singers Elvis Presley, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton, Actor Morgan Freeman, and frontiersman Davy Crockett.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Tennessee has a population of 5,962,959.
Of this population, 1,364,924 are under the age of 18
and 745,789 are at or above the age of 65.
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