Psychiatry is a branch of medicine focused on diagnosis,treatment and prevention of mental,emotional and behavioral disorders.People seek psychiatric help for many reasons.Problems can be sudden like Panic attacks,Hallucinations,Suicidal thoughts or may be long term,such as feeling of sadness,hopelessness or anxious. Psychiatrist use variety of treatments-Psychotherapy(CBT- Hypnotherapy),Medications,Psycho social interventions depending on need of each patients.
Despite major breakthrough & advances in our knowledge about psychiatric disorders,STIGMA towards psychiatry continues to prevail. Therefore we all join together towards fighting stigma and people should be able to openly discuss about mental health issues.