PSYCHIATRIC

The Department of Psychiatry in Salus is a branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of mental illnesses, abnormal behaviors, and emotional disturbances. Psychiatrists study biological, neurological, and biochemical abnormalities to diagnose mental illnesses and prescribe medications to treat them. Once the diagnosis is made, they prescribe a treatment for the patient focusing on managing symptoms through the use of medications

The main disorders treated by the department of psychiatry:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc.)
Mood disorders (major depressive disorder, postpartum depressive disorder, bipolar disorders)
Schizophrenia and other disorders (brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, substance use disorder)
Personality disorders (borderline personality disorder, antisocial, paranoid, obsessive compulsive, etc.)
Delirium, Dementia and other cognitive disorders
Somatoform disorders (conversion disorder, hypochondria, body dysmorphic disorder, etc.)
Psychiatric syndromes (Asperger, Block, Briquet)
Substance abuse and addiction (Alcohol, Cannabis, Cocaine, etc.)