Physician Focus, April 2008: Healthy Minds- Psychiatric Care
Healthy Minds: Psychiatric Care
Psychiatry is the medical specialty of diagnosing, treating and preventing mental illness, including substance abuse and addictions. Each year, one in five Americans is diagnosed with a form of mental illness, such as depression, anxiety disorders, or substance abuse conditions, among others.
What is the medical science behind psychiatry? What are the warning signs of mental illnesses? How do psychiatrists diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions? And how does psychiatry differ from other professions that provide mental health care?
Guests: Eugene Fierman, M.D., President, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society; Daniele Bick, M.D., Psychiatrist, Framingham, Mass.
Host: John Fromson, M.D., Chair of Psychiatry, MetroWest Medical Center
Co-produced with Hopkinton Community Access Television, HCAM-TV, Hopkinton Mass.
Listen to the podcast (Length 14:43) (This will open your computer’s default media player in a new window)
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