--- title: Psychiatry description: Psychiatry is the medical field focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Learners will understand neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapeutic modalities, and how to evaluate complex psychiatric conditions. category: health-medicine subcategory: medicine-and-health-sciences difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/psychiatry --- # Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical field focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Learners will understand neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapeutic modalities, and how to evaluate complex psychiatric conditions. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 1 Courses • 5 Websites ## Websites ### 1. UpToDate Psychiatry Subscription clinical decision support database covering psychiatric diagnosis, treatment guidelines, and drug interactions, written and peer-reviewed by physician contributors. Clinicians consult it at the point of care to answer specific diagnostic and treatment questions with cited evidence. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search?search=psychiatry **Tags:** clinical-reference, psychopharmacology, point-of-care, evidence-based-medicine ### 2. PsychDB A free, physician-run reference site organizing psychiatric diagnoses, criteria, and treatment algorithms by disorder, covering psychopharmacology, psychotherapy modalities, and clinical guidelines, structured for quick lookup during clinical rotations, residency, or board exam review. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.psychdb.com/ **Tags:** clinical-reference, psychopharmacology, board-review, free-resource ### 3. psychiatry.org Official site of the American Psychiatric Association, offering professional resources for psychiatrists and trainees—education and CME, clinical guidelines and ethics, advocacy and policy updates, journals, and patient resources. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://psychiatry.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, clinical-medicine ### 4. uptodate.com UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool for clinicians, offering routinely updated, peer‑reviewed topic reviews across internal medicine and specialties. It provides diagnostic approaches, treatment recommendations, drug information, and patient care summaries to support bedside decisions. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://uptodate.com **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, clinical-medicine ### 5. Khan Academy Health and Medicine Free video lessons and practice questions from Khan Academy on human anatomy and physiology organized by organ system, with material on common diseases, diagnostic tests and treatments. Learners build the foundational biomedical vocabulary and mechanisms needed before clinical training or MCAT and NCLEX study. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine **Tags:** anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, premedical ## Podcasts ### 1. Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast **Author:** David Puder, M.D. Join David Puder as he covers different topics on psychiatry and psychotherapy. He will draw from the wisdom of his mentors, research, in-session therapy and psychiatry experience, and his own journey through mental health to discuss topics that affect mental health professionals and popsychology enthusiasts alike. Through interviews, he will dialogue with both medical students, residents and expert psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and even with people who have been through their own mental health journey. This podcast was created to help others in their journey to becoming wise, empathic, genuine and connected in their personal and professional lives. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** aa | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://psychiatrypodcast.com/psychiatry-psychotherapy-podcast/ **Tags:** podcast, psychotherapy, cme, clinical-education ### 2. The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast **Author:** Pocket Psychiatry: A Carlat Podcast Clear, engaging, and practical updates on clinical psychiatry. Hosted by Chris Aiken, MD, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP. Earn CME for listening at www.thecarlatreport.com/podcastcme **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://blubrry.com/the_carlat_psychiatry_podcast/ **Tags:** podcast, psychopharmacology, cme, independent-review ## Courses ### 1. Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health **Author:** Sonia Kumar University of Sydney course on Coursera presenting positive psychiatry, which pairs treating mental illness with building strengths and wellbeing. It surveys major mental disorders, their causes and treatments, medication and psychotherapy, and evidence-based self-help strategies such as exercise, relaxation and social connection. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/positive-psychiatry **Tags:** positive-psychiatry, mental-health, mental-disorders, wellbeing, psychotherapy ## Books ### 1. Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry **Author:** Robert Boland, Marcia Verduin, Pedro Ruiz A condensed clinical textbook covering psychiatric diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment across all major disorders, organized by DSM-5 and ICD-10 criteria. Widely used by residents and clinicians as a quick reference and board exam study aid. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/9390612020?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, clinical-medicine ### 2. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology **Author:** Stephen M. Stahl A quick-reference prescribing guide covering dosing, drug interactions, and clinical use for over 100 psychiatric medications, organized by drug class with template-driven summaries. A companion volume to Stahl's core psychopharmacology textbook, used for point-of-care prescribing decisions. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1107675022?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, clinical-medicine ### 3. The Psychiatric Interview **Author:** Daniel J. Carlat A practical guide to conducting psychiatric interviews, covering history-taking, approaching sensitive topics, and diagnostic interviewing techniques, illustrated with clinical vignettes. Written for trainees learning to build rapport and gather accurate information from patients with mental illness. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0683307355?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, clinical-medicine --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/psychiatry