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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychiatry:

Psychiatry – medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive, and perceptual abnormalities.

What type of thing is psychiatry?

Academic discipline – field of study with academic departments, curricula and degrees; national and international societies; and specialized journals.
Scientific field (a branch of science) – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer-reviewed research is published.
- A natural science – field that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world using empirical and scientific methods.
- A biological science – a branch of biology, which is concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.^[1]
- A behavioural science – a branch of psychology, which is concerned with the study of the emotional and cognitive functions of the mind and brain and of the person in the context of society.
A medical specialty – branch of clinical practice, practised by physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, etc.

Addiction psychiatry – focuses on evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of individuals with dual diagnosis of substance-related and other psychiatric disorders.
Child and adolescent psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specialises in work with children, teenagers, and their families.
Cross-cultural psychiatry – branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorder and psychiatric services.
Emergency psychiatry – clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings.
Forensic psychiatry – interface between law and psychiatry.
Geriatric psychiatry – branch of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in humans with old age.
Liaison psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that specializes in the interface between other medical specialties and psychiatry.
Military psychiatry – covers special aspects of psychiatry and mental disorders within the military context.
Neuropsychiatry – branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system.
Social psychiatry – branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing.

Biological psychiatry – approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorders in terms of the biological function of the nervous system.
Community psychiatry – approach that reflects an inclusive public health perspective and is practiced in community mental health services.^[2]
Global Mental Health – area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.^[3]