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.
Alberta Health Services is inviting applications from Family Physicians to join the Department of Family Medicine in the Edmonton Zone. Edmonton Zone hospitals are affiliated with the University of Alberta, and serve as important training facilities for residents and students. The Faculty of Medicin ...
Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ ) The Mackay Mental Health and Alcohol & Other Drugs Service comprises an acute mental health inpatient facility with 24 beds and a Step-Up Step-Down Unit with 6 beds. Community Mental Health Services include an Acute Care Se ...
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We seek to appoint two permanent Older Adult Psychiatry Consultants, to join our team dedicated to the delivery of older adult mental health services in the Highlands. The post holder will provide consultant input to our community between either Central or East team to cover, for both primary a ... view to see more
Resident Physician – Medical Psychiatry (SG02) Availability Open / Ongoing Job Summary Doctor SGD 100,000 - 120,000 per year No contract Singapore Not disclosed Apply Now Share this job You will be working as Medical Psychiatry physician of a new tertiary public hospital with more than 1800 beds that provides a broad-based medical care to the commu ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Psychiatrists to take on the role of Psychiatrist in the Gender Health Program of the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) in the Department of Addictio ...
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone, and the Department of Addiction & Mental Health, invites applications for the position of an Adult Community Psychiatrist to establish a part-time practice in the community of Wetaskiwin. The successful candidate will provide Psychiatric support in the form of ...
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Carter Wellington Global Recruitment Group are inviting applications from experienced Consultant Psychiatrists, looking for opportunities to relocate to New Zealand.We are interested to hear from Psychiatrists who have experience in adult mental health which would include inpatient, community and ps
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Are you an enthusiastic talented Psychiatrist looking to rejuvenate your career?We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, committed and talented Psychiatrists to join our Aberdeenshire (Older Adult Mental Health) team to provide excellence in care of patients across the in-patient and c ... view to see more
Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Ireland
Consultant Psychiatrist Learning Disability, Ireland
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Ireland
Forensic Psychiatrist, Dublin, Ireland
Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult), Ireland
Are you a dedicated and passionate medical professional looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care? Carter Wellington Global Recruitment Group invites applications for the position of Specialty Doctor to join our client's dynamic and collaborative healthcare tea
We have an exciting opportunity for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our client's Care Delivery Service. This post is based at the Assessment and Treatment service in West Sussex. This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of 25,000, in addition to (up to) 8000 relocation a
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Outpatient psychiatrist is sought to provide clinical consultation services at Banff, Canmore, and Strathmore Addiction and Mental Health clinics due to a physician departure and increased demand. Preference would be in-person, but virtual care would be an option as well; or a hybrid of both. A rura ...
Alberta Health Services is inviting applications from Family Physicians to join the Department of Family Medicine within the Royal Alexandra Hospital Medicine Team in the Edmonton Zone on a Locum Basis. The Hospital Medicine team is looking for up to 5 physicians to cover intermittently as needed on ...
GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL HOSPITAL is seeking an Intensivist with a Fellowship in Critical Care to join our physician group. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine) which will provide opportunities for diversity of skills and ser ...
GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL HOSPITAL – ANESTHESIOLOGY The Grande Prairie 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, ...
Description: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Emergency Medicine Physicians to join the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Edmonton Zone on a one year 0.1 FTE Locum, starting July 1, 2024. (Shif ...
Description: An exciting position with specialized focus in addiction medicine currently exists within Alberta Health Services Clinical Department of Addictions and Mental Health. If your practice aligns with our clinical foundations of being recovery oriented, strength based and hope inspired, this ...
GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL HOSPITAL is seeking an Intensivist with a Fellowship in Critical Care to join our physician group. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine) which will provide opportunities for diversity of skills and ser ...
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone, and the Department of Addiction & Mental Health, invites applications for the position of an Adult Community Psychiatrist to establish a part-time practice in the community of Drumheller. The successful candidate will provide Psychiatric support in the form of ...
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN - GRANDE PRAIRIE: The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is seeking a General Internal Medicine Specialist Physician to join the internal medicine physician group in Grande Prairie - Grande Prairie Regional Hospital - VIRTUAL TOUR FRCPC (Fellow, Royal College of Ph ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Adult Psychiatrists to take the role of Psychiatrist for Psychiatry Treatment Clinic/Outpatient Psychiatry at the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) i ...
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone, and the Department of Addiction & Mental Health, invites applications for the position of an Adult Community Psychiatrist to establish a full-time practice in the community of Vegreville. The successful candidate will provide Psychiatric support in the form of ...
Synopsis: The Adult Psychosis Program (APP) is a tertiary care, sub-specialty & multi-disciplinary program based out of Outpatient Mental Health Services (Unit 24) at the Foothills Medical Centre. APP is dedicated to providing specialized assessments and time-limited follow-up care to individuals w ...
Foothills Medical Centre is recruiting an adult inpatient psychiatrist for Unit 22. The successful candidate may also be expected to participate in providing day-time coverage in the Emergency Room. The successful applicant may also participate in the ECT-service at Foothills Medical Service. Additi ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Psychiatrists to take on the role of Psychiatrist at University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) in the Department of Addictions and Mental Health. Alberta Hea ...
Position Description: Alberta Health Services is inviting applications from Family Physicians to join the Department of Family Medicine in the Edmonton Zone. The Royal Alexandra Hospital is an 800+ bed tertiary care hospital situated in the Edmonton inner city. The Hospital Medicine service admits t ...
Description: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from General Adult Psychiatrists with experience of working with patients with concurrent disorder to provide psychiatric services to Edmonton Mental Health C ...
Description: Alberta Health Services is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist with qualification in addiction psychiatry and or experience in managing patients with concurrent disorders. The position is primarily a community focused practice. The position will entail providing leadership a ...
Description: The Forensic Services at Alberta Hospital Edmonton are the largest forensic service in Alberta, serving primarily Edmonton and Northern Alberta, but also providing services around the province and at times for patients in other jurisdictions (e.g. NWT). A full time position in this serv ...
Description: Alberta Health Services Department of Addictions & Mental Health, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and Department of Psychiatry, is inviting applications from psychiatrists to work as a primary clinician educator and some psychiatric clinic ...
Alberta Health Services – North Zone, and the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital, are currently looking for a Radiologist to join their current team of Specialist physicians and establish a full-time practice in the community of Grande Prairie. Radiology service ...
Description: The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Alberta ( http://psychiatry.med.ualberta.ca/ ), in partnership with Alberta Health Services(AHS), Edmonton Zone, Addiction and Mental Health, are inviting applications for academic / tenured track Academ ...
Description: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from General Adult Psychiatrists with experience of working with patients with concurrent disorder to provide psychiatric services to Edmonton Mental Health C ...
Job Summary: Correctional Health Services, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is inviting applications for a General Practitioner to work at the Red Deer Remand Centre (RDRC). RDRC houses up to 150 male and female remanded and provincially sentenced persons. A multidisciplinary team of nurses, social wor ...
Psychiatrist, Departments of Oncology and Psychiatry We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6). The Departments of Oncolog ...
Covenant Health in partnership with Alberta Health Services and the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, invites applications for Psychiatrist to be based primarily at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Covenant Health is co ...
Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Psychiatrists to provide part-time (0.5 FTE) psychiatric services to Addiction Services Edmonton (ASE). Alberta Health Services is Canada’s largest and only province- ...
The community of St Paul is currently looking for a General Psychiatrist to join their current team of specialists and Family Physicians, acting as a team player in offering hospital and community based Psychiatry services. The successful candidate must have training and expertise (FRCPC or FRCPC El ...
Description: Forensic Services in Edmonton and Northern Alberta constitute the largest forensic mental health service in Alberta. Services are divided between the outpatient component, based at Forensic Assessment and Community Services (FACS), and the inpatient component, based at Alberta Hospital ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is hiring a Full-time Anesthesiologist for the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. The Department of Anesthesia provides 24-hour services to 7 operating theatres with over 10,400 surgeries yearly. One anesthesiologist daily provides acute pain se ...
This position is being proposed for Med-Psych Unit at Peter Lougheed Centre (0.6FTE) The Med-Psych Unit is a tertiary care, multi-disciplinary program-based at Peter Lougheed Hospital. On average, the program will have 6 beds, will be open 365 days a week, is expected to have 90% occupancy and will ...
DESCRIPTION The successful candidate will be competent in managing complex and chronic medical conditions and recognize the effects of social determinants of health. They will have demonstrated inclusion for all regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexuality, or means. They will have strong inter ...
Alberta Health Services – North Zone, and the Department of Psychiatry at the St Therese Healthcare Centre, are currently looking for an Adult/General Psychiatrist to join their current team of Specialists and Family Medicine physicians and establish a full-time practice in the community of St Paul ...
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 with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Our multi-disciplinary teams consi ...
The Department of Addiction & Mental Health, Alberta Health Services is recruiting a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist for a 0.5 FTE role based primarily at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Acute Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. This position shares on-call with the other RAH and STO psychi ...
If a collegial working environment in a diverse community practice within a 90-minute drive to the Canadian Rocky Mountains is what you are looking for, you've come to the right place! Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of a Child Psychiatrist within the department of Ment ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is recruiting a full-time Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist for the Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH). As the successful candidate you will: participate in the Department of Addiction & Mental Health call schedule; provide inpatient and outpatient consult ...
Alberta Health Services, South Zone is recruiting 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 community based programs. The successfu ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is hiring a Full-time Anesthesiologist for the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. The Department of Anesthesia provides 24-hour services to 7 operating theatres with over 10,400 surgeries yearly. One anesthesiologist daily provides acute pain se ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, South Zone is hiring a Full-time Anesthesiologist for the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. The Department of Anesthesia provides 24-hour services to 7 operating theatres with over 10,400 surgeries yearly. One anesthesiologist daily provides acute pain se ...
Covenant Health, in partnership with Alberta Health Services are inviting applications for a Pediatrician to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team in the Foster Care Clinic at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital. This is an outpatient clinical service offering specialist paediatric trauma informed con ...
If a collegial working environment in a diverse community practice within a 90-minute drive to the Canadian Rocky Mountains is what you are looking for, you've come to the right place! Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of an Adult Community Psychiatrist within the departm ...
If a collegial working environment in a diverse community practice within a 90-minute drive to the Canadian Rocky Mountains is what you are looking for, you've come to the right place! Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of a Child Psychiatrist within the department of Ment ...
Description: 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. Full scope Pediatric practice including the ability to care for L ...
Description: Alberta Health Services, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to take on a one-year locum role of Psychiatrist at the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) in the Department of Addi ...
Alberta Health Services is seeking a Community Child Psychiatrist to provide consulting and follow-up services to the Community Mental Health Clinics in Camrose and Wetaskiwin. This position will provide face to face as well as on-going virtual support. The successful candidate will provide a scope ...
Alberta Health Services invites applications for the position of an Adult Community Psychiatrist within the department of Mental Health in Central Zone, Alberta. This position will support community/rural clinics in Wetaskiwin and Maskwacis, Addiction & Mental Health via in-person, out-patient clini ...
GRANDE PRAIRIE is seeking a Psychiatrist who is eligible for FRC(P) in child & adolescent psychiatry, to join a diverse Addictions & Mental Health team, providing services to communities with a high need of mental health services. Grande Prairie Regional Hospital - Virtual Tour There are 28 dedicate ...
The community of Barrhead is currently looking to recruit a Visiting Specialist to work alongside the local community Family Medicine physicians and Mental Health staff, to provide services in Adult Psychiatry (consultations and follow ups). The ideal candidate will visit the communities approximate ...
Alberta Health Services, in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from Psychiatrists to take on the role of Locum Psychiatrist in the Gender Health Program of the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) in the Department of Addictions and ...
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 with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Our multi-disciplinary teams consi ...
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 with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Our multi-disciplinary teams consi ...
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 preferably with subspecialty certi ...
The Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, is inviting applications to join its acute care team. The role involves provision of acute care service along with other psychiatrists on in-patient ward. The role will include being part of the on call-rota which will involve delivery of ...
Description: Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is inviting applications from General Adult Psychiatrists with experience of working with patients with concurrent disorder to provide psychiatric services to Edmonton Mental Health C ...
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone is actively recruiting a Dentist to provide part-time Professional Dental services to the patients of the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury [CCMHBI]. The successful candidate will provide basic dental needs to patients within the facility one ...
Description: 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 Geriatric Psychiatry. Our multi-disciplinary teams co ...
Alberta Health Services is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist with an interest in a primarily community focused practice. The position will entail providing leadership and direct patient care for clients served by the Edmonton and Sub-Urban Mental Health Clinics. This teams operates und ...