Typical mental illnesses treated by psychiatrists include:
- Depression
- Bipolar disorders
- Suicidality
- Panic disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Addictive disorders
- Eating disorders
- Borderline
- Burnout
- Dementia disorders
- Somatoform disorders (complaints that cannot be traced back to physical causes such as irritable bowel syndrome, cardiac anxiety)
Many clinics also offer outpatient care in the field of psychiatry & psychosomatics. Psychiatric patients are cared for there during the day.
Psychiatric therapies
Psychosomatics
This sub-area of psychosomatics deals with unexplained physical complaints whose actual cause is mental stress. Such somatoform disorders can manifest themselves, for example, as tinnitus, gastrointestinal complaints, heart problems or pain.