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American Psychiatric Association (293 words) |
 | We are deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic death of this pioneer in the psychiatric community. |
| As NIMH's liaison to the APA and World Psychiatric Association, Dr. Fenton helped shape the research agenda for the forthcoming DSM-V diagnostic manual, the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States and published by the APA. |
| Throughout his career, he was known in the psychiatric and patient communities as being a compassionate physician and an ardent advocate for those suffering with mental illnesses. |
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Psychiatry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2683 words) |
| Psychiatric physicians, nurses, and medical psychologists are specifically trained in the biological underpinnings of mental illness, the contributions of medical illnesses to psychiatric symptoms, and in the use of psychiatric medications. |
| Psychiatric physicians, nurses, and medical psychologists can provide exactly the same treatments, while clinical and health psychologists provide some of them; the difference between them relates to the methods of assessment and treatment planning; the difference to the public is not obvious. |
| Psychiatric illnesses are sometimes characterized as disorders of the mind rather than the brain, although the distinction is not always obvious and has changed in the last few decades as understanding of the treated illnesses grew. |
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