Psychiatry

A conversation with one of our psychiatrists or psychologists is to learn about your mental health condition and get insight into what you’re struggling with, then begin to cope. It might be just some mental health concerns or trully mental illness. You might want to tell about the loss of a loved one, and that deep sorrow. You may want to discuss a toxic relationship, or how to overcome abuse. Or sometimes you need to share the feeling about your marriage. You don’t have to suffer from mental health issues alone, we are here to help you understand your disorder.

There are differences between psychiatrists and psychologists. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, psychologists are not. Psychiatrists prescribe medication, psychologists cannot. Psychiatrists diagnose illness, manage treatment and provide a range of therapies for complex and serious mental illness. Psychologists focus on providing psychotherapy (talk therapy) to help patients.

Mental health conditions that a psychiatrist may help:

• Stress
• Nervous or jumpy
• anxiety, worry or fear
• depressed or low mood that doesn’t go away
• suicidal thinking
• constant negative thoughts
• obsessional thinking
• thoughts of hurting other people
• hurting yourself on purpose
• too much energy, being unable to sleep, wind down or relax
• feeling like people are after you or want to harm you
• hallucinations
• delusions
• rushing, disjointed thoughts
• memory problems
• poor concentration and attention, hyperactivity
• out of control alcohol or drug use
• problem gambling, gaming or other addictive behaviours
• problems around body image, eating or dieting
• violence, agitation or emotional outbursts
• insomnia and other sleep problems
• conditions that start in childhood such as autism, intellectual disability and childhood anxiety.