Psychiatry focuses on mental health including that of woman’s health, child and adolescent wellbeing, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and areas such as drug and alcohol abuse, forensic investigations, learning difficulties, and old age related issues.

Psychiatry is thus a broad field with many sub-specialities and psychiatrists will often have cases of all sub-specialities. With the focus being on how the human mind operates, psychiatrists work alongside the physicians, social workers, and often family members to help develop, sustain and promote the mental health of patients. Psychiatrists rely on clinical expertise to ensure accurate diagnosis.

Psychiatrists must have excellent listening, communication, and people skills. Most of the professionals concerned with development and management of mental health work in the NHS at hospital wards and mental health facilities. View the available positions within Psychiatry and apply today.