Psychiatrists are physicians who specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. While psychoanalysis is still practiced, most psychiatrists today provide a wide range of biological, psychotherapeutic, and psychosocial treatments tailored to the specific needs of the patient. Psychiatrists also serve as the medical experts for the mind/brain/body interface.
Like other medical conditions, mental illnesses can range from relatively mild and self-limiting conditions to severe and life-threatening disorders. Psychiatrists treat mental illness which encompasses conditions such as anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, substance abuse and personality disorders.
Psychiatry uses all aspects of the biopsychosocial model and as such focuses holistically on the patient's body and mind. It is an important speciality with approximately one in five Australians suffering from a mental disorder.
There are a number of different specialty areas in psychiatry. Some different types of specialised psychiatrists include:
You can view the latest jobs available for doctors in psychiatry on Global Medical Careers below.
Responsibilities/Duties: The Specialized Geriatric Services Program (SGS – Clinical Alternative Relationship Plan) in partnership with Alberta Health Services is inviting applications for a Geriatrician / Care of the Elderly Physician to join the Divisions of Geriatric Medicine / Care of the Elderly...
Responsibilities/Duties: Covenant Health, in partnership with Alberta Health Services and the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, invites applications for the position of Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Covenant is Cana...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist for a Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital located at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital This exc...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, telehealth for outlyin...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist for a Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital located at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital This exc...
Responsibilities/Duties: The University of Alberta, and the Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with Alberta Health Services is inviting applications for a General Adult Psychiatrist with an interest in a community focused practice. We presently have a position for a full time community based ...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications for a General Practitioner for a Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital located at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital This ex...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, telehealth for outlyin...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, telehealth for outlyin...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, telehealth for outlyin...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist for a Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital located at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. Zone-wide Acute Care Day Hospital This exc...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, telehealth for outlyin...
Specialty Doctor in Community Paediatrics Raigmore Hospital, Inverness 28 Hours per week £39,846 - £74,304 per annum pro rata MS17.18.51 We seek an experienced Specialty Doctor to join our...
Responsibilities/Duties: We are seeking a family medicine physician with additional training and/or certification in Suboxone and Methodone treatment to join our primary care physician team in Grande Prairie. In addition to Suboxone and Methodone certification, the successful candidate must have cur...
Responsibilities/Duties: We are seeking a family medicine physician with additional training and/or certification in Suboxone and Methodone treatment to join our primary care physician team in Grande Prairie. In addition to Suboxone and Methodone certification, the successful candidate must have cur...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, clinical Departments of Family Medicine and Addictions and Mental Health are inviting applications from Family Physicians interested in providing services to psychiatric inpatients at the University of Alberta Hospital. Qualifications: The position r...
Responsibilities/Duties: This Job Posting is for a Full Time GP Hospitalist position. We are looking for a physician with training in Family Medicine to take care of Family Medicine inpatients within a Hospitalist Team, at a secondary level hospital with limited specialist coverage. The Physician mu...
Responsibilities/Duties: Specialists in geriatric medicine are experts in organizing and providing health care for older people. In general, they: apply their knowledge of aging, clinical problems of older people and special features of disease in the aged to make accurate diagnoses in frail seniors...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine are inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist to join the Adult Gender Clinic based primarily out of the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC). This clinic is part of a broader Calgary Zone Gend...
The Location Synonymous with great food, wine, waterways and weather this is a fantastic location. This regional city boasts a diversity of cultural, outdoor and sporting activities seldom found anywhere else. Located only two hours north of Melbourne, the area features magnificent food and wine, ...
The Location Synonymous with great food, wine, waterways and weather this is a fantastic location. This regional city boasts a diversity of cultural, outdoor and sporting activities seldom found anywhere else. Located only two hours north of Melbourne, the area features magnificent food and wine, gl ...
Responsibilities/Duties: The Queen Elizabeth II Regional Hospital is seeking an individual to join our group of Obstetric & Gynecology Specialists. The successful candidate must have training and expertise (FRCPC or FRCPC eligible) in Obstetrics & Gynecology (greater than 1 year of age). The positio...
Psychiatrist | Contract | Child /Adolescent | Baltimore, MD
If you are looking to add some extra hours to your week, this might be your opportunity! We are looking for psychiatrist who can provide comprehensive care to our children at our clinic in Carroll County Maryland. In this role, you will pr...
Psychiatrist | Outpatient| Flexible Work | Redding, CA
See what Northern California has to offer your in the psychiatric outpatient setting. This opportunity cares for outpatient and tele-psychiatry patients in a friendly, fun, office atmosphere. The multidisciplinary approach to mental illness uti...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is seeking to recruit a full-time Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists at the Chinook Regional Hospital and in the community. Psychiatric services include a 5 bed Child and Adolescent Mental Health inpatient program, inpatient and outpatient...
Responsibilities/Duties: Adult Psychiatrist, Glenrose Hospital Child and Family Psychiatric Services Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adoles...
Responsibilities/Duties: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone ACCESS Open Minds Clinic at the Bill Rees YMCA Part Time Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry...
The Location: Our client is located in one of Australia’s most iconic regional locations. The town has even been singled out by a leading demographer as one of Australia’s most cosmopolitan and vibrant towns with a young, transient and international population. Another interesting fact about the tow ...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, South Zone has a position available in Medicine Hat for a pediatrician with broad general skills including neonatal and pediatric emergency, inpatient and outpatient skills for patients aged 0-18. FRCP or equivalent preferred. Services would be provi...
Responsibilities/Duties: Covenant Health, in partnership with Alberta Health Services and the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is accepting applications for a General Psychiatrist within the Department of Addictions & Mental Health at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmont...
Responsibilities/Duties: Adult Psychiatrist – Urgent Clinic – Young Adult Team The University of Alberta, and the Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with Alberta Health Services is inviting applications for General Adult Psychiatrist with an interest in a primarily community focused practice....
Responsibilities/Duties: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Alberta Health Services, Stollery - Edmonton Zone – Part time Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry, is inv...
Responsibilities/Duties: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Alberta Health Services, East Edmonton Clinic - Edmonton Zone – Part time Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychi...
The Location It’s the Gold Coast and the shiny new 900 bed University Tertiary Teaching Hospital. The Hospital The 72-bed Mental Health Unit is part of Gold Coast Health’s $1.76 billion Gold Coast University Hospital, which is designed within a parkland setting, with functional outdoor spaces to pro ...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services - North Zone, Grande Prairie, is seeking a Comprehensive Ophthalmologist and Skilled Surgeon, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Cataract surgery, Glaucoma, treatment of Diabetic Maculopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration with Intravitreal...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Psychiatrists with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry preferably with subspecialty training, to take on the role of Psychiatrist in...
Responsibilities/Duties: There are four full-time Adult psychiatrists presently in the community of Fort McMurray and provide support to Child and Adolescent psychiatristry. The psychiatrists work with both within the community and with the Mental Heatlh Team; including hospital privileges. Responsi...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is seeking to recruit a full-time Psychiatrist at the Chinook Regional Hospital. Psychiatric services include: a 41 bed adult inpatient program, a Day Treatment Program and Clinic, Addiction and Mental Health Clinics and a number of commun...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, Department of Addictions & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry, is inviting applications from psychiatrists with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry preferabl...
Responsibilities/Duties: There are four full-time Adult psychiatrists presently in the community of Fort McMurray and provide support to Child and Adolescent psychiatristry. The psychiatrists work with both within the community and with the Mental Heatlh Team; including hospital privileges. Responsi...
Responsibilities/Duties: Adult Psychiatrist, Eating Disorders Program University of Alberta Hospital Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Adult Psychiatrist to take on the role of Psychiatrist in the Eat...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is seeking to recruit a full-time Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital and in the community. Psychiatric services include inpatient and outpatient consultations, a number of community based programs incl...
Responsibilities/Duties: The Section of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Alberta Health Services (Calgary Zone), and the University of Calgary invite applications for a 0.2FTE clinical position, at the Clinical Assistant Professor level. The position involves 100...
Responsibilities/Duties: Child Psychiatrist – Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry, is inviting applications from psychiatrists ...
A multi-specialty individualized healthcare provider located in the heart of Dubai, UAE. Currently offering services in the following specialties: Psychiatry, Dental, Dietetics, Plastic Surgery, Weight Management, Dermatology, General Practice, Family Medicine & Aesthetics
Responsibilities/Duties: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone Regional Health Clinics Full Time Alberta Health Services, Department of Addiction & Mental Health in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiat...
Responsibilities/Duties: We are looking for a physician with training in Family Medicine who will practice in Ponoka, Alberta at Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury (CCMHBI). This position requires a scope of practice that includes inpatient, outpatient, long term care, and on-call ...
Responsibilities/Duties: The Queen Elizabeth II Regional Hospital is seeking an individual to join our group of specialist Anesthesiologists. The successful candidate must have training and expertise (FRCPC or FRCPC eligible) in the management of Anesthesia including obstetric, dental, and pediatric...
The Location Synonymous with great food, wine, waterways and weather this is a fantastic location to spend a few months. This regional city boasts a diversity of cultural, outdoor and sporting activities seldom found anywhere else. Located only two hours north of Melbourne, the area features magnifi ...
Responsibilities/Duties: Chronic Pain Physician The Alberta Health Services Chronic Pain Centre, Calgary Zone, is a unique facility which offers all members of the physician staff a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment within which to practice. It is also the largest facility of its type in ...
