Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Industry: Health care

Add a new term

Contributors in Psychiatry

Become a Contributors

Psychiatry

Meow Meow addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Meow meow is a relatively "new" drug which was only classified as illegal in 2010 and is still quite freely available online as a plant fertiliser. It is a stimulant drug called ...

Methadone is most commonly known as a medical treatment for heroin addiction. It is normally found as a swallowable liquid but also comes in injectable and tablet form. The effects are less potent ...

cocaine addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Cocaine is the powdered form of a very powerful stimulant drug. Its freebase version - which is more dangerous as it has not been chemically neutralised with an acid base - is called crack cocaine or ...

pain medication addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Pain medication drugs are everyday and legal substances which are prescribed to people by their doctor or bought freely at pharmacies and other stores. However the legitimacy of these drugs does not ...

PCP addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

PCP, also known as angel dust or whack, is a shortened form of phenylcyclohexyl piperidine (the formal name for the drug called phencyclidine). It is a white crystalline powder which can be mixed ...

inhalants addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Inhalants are types of drugs or chemicals that are snorted or sniffed in order to get a buzz similar to the consumption of alcohol. Inhalant addiction is particularly common amongst young people and ...

ketamine addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Ketamine is a short term anaesthetic which is normally used by vets, but is growing in use as a "date rape" and recreational drug. It can be slipped into drinks to dissolve undetectably, ...