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What is psychiatry?

Video Description

In this clip, Tom Pennybacker, a consultant psychiatrist at a private clinic in London, provides an overview of psychiatry, which is practised by doctors who specialise in treating mental health conditions. https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy

Video Transcription

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental illness. So, psychiatrists are doctors who’ve specialised in treating mental health, and they are able to prescribe medications for mental illness, as well as deliver or recommend psychological treatments.

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Dr Tom Pennybacker

Dr Tom Pennybacker

19 June 2022

"Dr Tom Pennybacker is a Consultant Psychiatrist and psychotherapist with many years’ experience working in the NHS and private sector. In the NHS he was the clinical lead for a team delivering complex psychiatric and psychological care to people with severe mental disorders. He has extensive experience of assessing and treating a wide range of mental health difficulties with medications and psychotherapy."

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