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: To provide medical services in primary care (clinic), Obstetrics including C-Sections, General Surgery including endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy). Will also have current rural and emergency experience. Must be a team player. Responsibilities include but not limited to...
Responsibilities/Duties: Interim Adult Psychiatrist, University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Addiction & Mental Health Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Adult Psychiatrists currently privileged with ...
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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...
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...
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...
Psychiatrist needed for Addiction Medicine - Southeast New Jersey Profession: Physician Specialty: Psychiatry State: PA Position Id : 161479 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center Start-Up seeking an experience ...
Medical Director for Addiction Medicine - IM, FM, EM - Northern Massachusetts Profession: Physician Specialty: Family Medicine State: PA Position Id : 161472 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center seeking a Pri ...
Psychiatrist needed for Addiction Medicine - Northeast Massachusetts Profession: Physician Specialty: Psychiatry State: PA Position Id : 161475 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center Start-Up seeking an experie ...
Medical Director for Addiction Medicine - IM, FM, EM - Southeast New Jersey Profession: Physician Specialty: Family Medicine State: PA Position Id : 161474 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center seeking a Prima ...
Psychiatrist needed for Addiction Medicine - Northeast Maryland Profession: Physician Specialty: Psychiatry State: PA Position Id : 161477 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center Start-Up seeking an experienced ...
Psychiatrist needed for Addiction Medicine - Northern Massachusetts Profession: Physician Specialty: Psychiatry State: PA Position Id : 161476 Well-Established and Growing Addiction Recovery Center Start-Up seeking an experien ...
Senior Behavioral Analyst - Upstate New York Profession: Physician Specialty: Emergency Medicine State: NY Position Id : 161478 StarMed has been retained by The Kelberman Center, a regional center of excellence for individuals ...
Employed Psychiatrist to Join Group of Four Near Lexington, KY Profession: Physician Specialty: Psychiatry State: KY Position Id : 159730 New Psychiatrist fought for group in scenic Kentucky Current group consists of a full ti ...
Responsibilities/Duties: Adult Psychiatrist ––Community Mental Health Clinics – Edmonton Zone 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 pr...
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...
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: 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....
RX Recruitment is excited to be a part of this project assisting our client to attract the world's best medical staff for their new hospital in the Maldives. You will be joining from October 2017 for the opening of the facility.
RX Recruitment is excited to be a part of this project assisting our client to attract the world's best medical staff for their new hospital in the Maldives. You will be joining from October 2017 for the opening of the facility.
Overview At WellStar we all share common goals. That’s what makes us so successful – and such an integral part of our communities. We want the same things, for our organization, for our patients, and for our colleagues. As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Georgia, this means we pride ...
Responsibilities/Duties: This full time position is intended for a highly flexible individual who can provide integrated and comprehensive mental health care to children and adolescents and their familie in specialized settings and the community. This would include one and half days with Youth Addic...
Responsibilities/Duties: We are seeking a family medicine physician with additional training and 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 curren...
Responsibilities/Duties: We are seeking a general internal medicine specialist physician to join our group of 6 (six) general internal medicine physicians. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3 years Canadian practice experience in general internal medicine; as well as full intensive car...
Responsibilities/Duties: To provide services within the Wood Buffalo Region, Child and Youth psychiatry. There are four fulltime Adult psychiatrists presently in the community that would help support Child and Youth psychiatry. Would work with both within the community and with the Mental Heatlh Tea...
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...
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: 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 ...
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: Adult Psychiatrist with interest in Intensive Community Treatment 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 focus...
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...
Responsibilities/Duties: Adult Psychiatrist, Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction & Mental Health Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Forensic Psychiatrists. Alberta’s Forensic Psychiatry Program exemplifies ...
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 and a clinical practice....
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...
Responsibilities/Duties: Alberta Health Services- Central Zone is looking for a Geriatric Psychiatrist with a license or eligibility for license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta as a Psychiatrist. This position will require a successful candidate to relocate to the Ponoka, Albe...
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 seeking an OB/GYN to service the Queen Elizabeth II Regional Hospital and community/clinic practice. The QEII Regional Hospital is a 150 bed acute care facility with a busy emergency department, ICU, NICU and specialty services in OB/Gyn, orthopedic surgery, general s...
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, long term care, and on-call shifts. Cand...
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Our client, located in north east Victoria, is now seeking a General Surgeon for their facility.
We are now seeking a suitable qualified Old Age Psychiatry Consultant for our client in Singapore.
We are now seeking a suitable qualified Liaison Psychiatry Consultant for our client in Singapore.
Our client, located in north east Victoria, is now seeking a General Surgeon for their facility.
Responsibilities/Duties: Clinical Faculty – Developmental Pediatrics The University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, in partnership with Alberta Health Services (AHS) invites applicants to apply for a Clinical Faculty appointment within the Division of Developmental Pediatrics in the Dep...
Our client, located on the central Queensland coast, is now seeking a General Surgeon for their facility.
Our client, located on the central Queensland coast, is now seeking an ICU Consultant for their facility.
Our client, located on the central Queensland coast, is now seeking an General Medicine and Endocrinology Consultant for their facility.
Our client, located on the central Queensland coast, is now seeking an Orthopaedic Surgeon for their facility.
Great opportunity for Psychiatry Consultants / Medical Officers on New Zealand's North Island
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...
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Our client is currently seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist with an interest in Alcohol and Drugs to join their Community Alcohol and Drug Service team.
Our client is currently seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist with an interest in Psychogeriatrics to join their team.
We are now seeking applications from suitable qualified Psychiatrists for our client in Vietnam.
Our client is currently seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist – Community Mental Health Team to join their team. Psychogeriatric interest is an advantage, providing adult psychiatry and psychogeriatric services to the Southern New Zealand communities.
Overview At WellStar we all share common goals. That’s what makes us so successful – and such an integral part of our communities. We want the same things, for our organization, for our patients, and for our colleagues. As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Georgia, this means we pride ...