The Department of Psychiatry provides diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychological function problems involving human emotions, thoughts, and behaviors related to the brain, which controls the whole human body.
The Department of Psychiatry focuses primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychological function problems involving human emotions, thoughts, and behaviors related to the brain, which controls the whole human body. The combination of the patient's biological abnormalities of the central nervous system, psycho-dynamic aspects related to the mental health development, and sociopsychological aspects related to the environment.
Psychiatry is more often associated with the treatment of psychosis, which is a severe mental disorder. However, there are other areas of psychiatry, such as mood disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety disorders of either nervous disease or neurosis in origin), somatic symptom disorders and alcoholism, addiction issues (e.g., substance abuse), elderly mental disorder (e.g., dementia), pediatric and adolescent psychology, and consultation and treatment.
The Department of Psychiatry at KUMC effectively identifies and treats disorders and problems in these areas, along with the promise of providing the excellent care for patients.
