WELCOME TO PSYCH CLINIC This blog is aimed at providing essential information about psychiatry to those involved in the care of psychiatric patients, those experiencing mental health challenges and the general public. It is not an alternative to a standard textbook of Psychiatry . Mental Health and Psychiatry The term Mental Health and Psychiatry sound interchangeable but they are distinctly different . Psychiatry is the branch of M edicine that is involved in the assessment, diagnosis and management of mental disorders, while Mental H ealth is a state of emotional and psychological well being and not just the absence of mental illness or mental disorder. An individual’s m ental health status is dimensional in nature (not just present or absent) and can be assessed to be poor or good and can vary from time to time depending on prevailing circumst...