Whois & Analysis for psychiatry.org

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.

These include various abnormalities related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions.

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a diagnosis by a mental health professional of a behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.

Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode.

Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders.

Substance use disorder (SUD), also known as drug use disorder, is a condition in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress.

Although the term substance can refer to any physical matter, 'substance' in this context is limited to psychoactive drugs.

Addiction and dependence are components of a substance use disorder and addiction represents the most severe form of the disorder.

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with around 117,500 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students.

The APA has an annual budget of around $115m.

There are 54 divisions of the APA—interest groups covering different subspecialties of psychology or topical areas.

Therapy (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis.

In the medical field, it is usually synonymous with treatment (also abbreviated tx or Tx).

Among psychologists and other mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and clinical social workers, the term may refer specifically to psychotherapy (sometimes dubbed 'talking therapy').

The English word therapy comes via Latin therapīa from and literally means "curing" or "healing".