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A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH IS: 

FASCINATING

INSPIRING
FUTURES IN

PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

Medicine Calling is for young people who are considering a career in mental health.

Did you know?

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine where doctors treat people with mental illness. If you’re interested in people, medicine and mental health, then psychiatry could be the career for you.

Medicine Calling will inspire, excite and capture your imagination about a future in psychiatry, as well as showcase the stimulating and rewarding career as a mental health nurse.

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Discover the fascinating world of psychiatry

Find out about a rewarding career in mental health nursing

Find out more about different pathways into these careers

Meet current doctors and nurses and hear them talk about their experiences

Attend interactive workshops

Get a certificate of attendance

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    This branch of psychiatry involves treating adults with mental illness. General adult psychiatrists work with patients who have severe depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, mania and anxiety. They assess and treat patients in crisis, including people who have attempted suicide or patients frightened because of psychotic (unreal) beliefs - for instance that they are being followed by people who plan to kill them. These doctors can subspecialise within this discipline to work in areas such as eating disorders. They use medical investigations, for example blood tests and scans, to aid diagnosis before considering potential treatments, including medications, electroconvulsive therapy and talking therapies.

    GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    Child and adolescent psychiatrists work with children and young people with a range of emotional and psychiatric disorders. Typically they help young people with behavioural problems, anxiety, depression and self-harm. They might chose to specialise in areas such learning disabilities, eating disorders, young offenders, and with children who are looked after or adopted. Child and adolescent psychiatrists work closely with families and carers, as well as a variety of professionals, including child psychologists, nurses, teachers and social services. These doctors provide a range of treatments, including individual talking therapies, family therapy and medication.

    CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    Old age psychiatrists work with adults over the age of 65 who have mental illness. As people get older the interaction between their physical, psychiatric and social problems can become very complex. Old age psychiatrists look after people with a wide range of mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and different types of dementia. These doctors work closely with a variety of professionals and services, including nurses, other doctors, social services, occupational therapists and voluntary organisations.  There is a strong focus for caring for people in the community, and optimising quality of life for older people and their families.

    OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    In this specialty, medicine meets the law. Forensic psychiatrists work closely with the police and criminal justice system. They provide care and treatment in secure hospitals for patients who have carried out very serious offences due to their illness, and treat prison inmates. Forensic psychiatrists will often act as expert witnesses in court - they are asked to assess whether a person’s mental state has impaired their ability to understand right and wrong at the point they committed a crime. These doctors require good clinical knowledge and advanced understanding of criminal and mental health law.

    FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    Psychiatrists in this field work with adults with learning disabilities. These patients are more likely to experience mental illness, including autistic spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression and psychosis. They can find it much harder to communicate their needs so even minor problems can have a severe effect. Doctors in this field require good clinical skills because their patients often have other complex physical health problems that they also look after, for example epilepsy. These psychiatrists work with a variety of other professionals to provide patient-centred community care, which enables people with learning disabilities to live supported but independent and fulfilling lives.

    PSYCHIATRY OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

  • CAREERS IN

    PSYCHIATRY

    Medical psychotherapists are doctors who specialise in providing talking therapies. They provide treatment for patients over long periods to cure chronic and disabling mental illness. There are a variety of different talking therapies, with specific models of therapy being used for particular conditions. These doctors provide one-to-one therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic therapy, and group or family therapy. All talking therapies enable patients to understand themselves better, improve how they interact with the people around them, and aim to improve their quality of life.

    MEDICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    This branch of psychiatry involves treating adults with mental illness. General adult psychiatrists work with patients who have severe depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, mania and anxiety. They assess and treat patients in crisis, including people who have attempted suicide or patients frightened because of psychotic (unreal) beliefs - for instance that they are being followed by people who plan to kill them. These doctors can subspecialise within this discipline to work in areas such as eating disorders. They use medical investigations, for example blood tests and scans, to aid diagnosis before considering potential treatments, including medications, electroconvulsive therapy and talking therapies.

    GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    Child and adolescent psychiatrists work with children and young people with a range of emotional and psychiatric disorders. Typically they help young people with behavioural problems, anxiety, depression and self-harm. They might chose to specialise in areas such learning disabilities, eating disorders, young offenders, and with children who are looked after or adopted. Child and adolescent psychiatrists work closely with families and carers, as well as a variety of professionals, including child psychologists, nurses, teachers and social services. These doctors provide a range of treatments, including individual talking therapies, family therapy and medication.

    CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    Old age psychiatrists work with adults over the age of 65 who have mental illness. As people get older the interaction between their physical, psychiatric and social problems can become very complex. Old age psychiatrists look after people with a wide range of mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and different types of dementia. These doctors work closely with a variety of professionals and services, including nurses, other doctors, social services, occupational therapists and voluntary organisations.  There is a strong focus for caring for people in the community, and optimising quality of life for older people and their families.

    OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    In this specialty, medicine meets the law. Forensic psychiatrists work closely with the police and criminal justice system. They provide care and treatment in secure hospitals for patients who have carried out very serious offences due to their illness, and treat prison inmates. Forensic psychiatrists will often act as expert witnesses in court - they are asked to assess whether a person’s mental state has impaired their ability to understand right and wrong at the point they committed a crime. These doctors require good clinical knowledge and advanced understanding of criminal and mental health law.

    FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    Psychiatrists in this field work with adults with learning disabilities. These patients are more likely to experience mental illness, including autistic spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression and psychosis. They can find it much harder to communicate their needs so even minor problems can have a severe effect. Doctors in this field require good clinical skills because their patients often have other complex physical health problems that they also look after, for example epilepsy. These psychiatrists work with a variety of other professionals to provide patient-centred community care, which enables people with learning disabilities to live supported but independent and fulfilling lives.

    PSYCHIATRY OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

  • CAREERS IN PSYCHIATRY

    Medical psychotherapists are doctors who specialise in providing talking therapies. They provide treatment for patients over long periods to cure chronic and disabling mental illness. There are a variety of different talking therapies, with specific models of therapy being used for particular conditions. These doctors provide one-to-one therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic therapy, and group or family therapy. All talking therapies enable patients to understand themselves better, improve how they interact with the people around them, and aim to improve their quality of life.

    MEDICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

CAREERS
IN PSYCHIATRY

GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

PSYCHIATRY OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

MEDICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

  • CAREERS IN

    MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    Child and adolescent mental health nurses work with very young children until the age of eighteen. They will often work across a range of settings visiting young people’s homes and schools. They have a key role in providing support to children, young people and their families, as well as educating and supporting other professionals, such as teachers, to promote educational and psychological wellbeing.

    CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH NURSE

  • CAREERS IN

    MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    Forensic mental health nurses focus on the treatment of offenders with mental health issues. They work with patients who encounter the criminal justice system because of their mental health or who become unwell following a criminal offence. They may work in prisons, secure hospital settings or locked rehabilitation units.

    FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

  • CAREERS IN

    MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    Community mental health nurses work out in the community and try to prevent people from being admitted to hospital. They will be assigned patients and create care plans alongside a visiting schedule based on a patient’s needs. They may visit some patients multiple times a day to provide care and support.

    COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

  • CAREERS IN

    MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    Adult mental health nurses work in a range of settings but predominantly in hospitals on wards delivering care, treatment and support to patients. They may work in specialist wards such as Dementia Wards, Psychiatric Intensive Care Units or specialist units dealing with eating disorders.

    ADULT MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

  • CAREERS IN MENTAL
    HEALTH NURSING

    Child and adolescent mental health nurses work with very young children until the age of eighteen. They will often work across a range of settings visiting young people’s homes and schools. They have a key role in providing support to children, young people and their families, as well as educating and supporting other professionals, such as teachers, to promote educational and psychological wellbeing.

    CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH NURSE

  • CAREERS IN MENTAL
    HEALTH NURSING

    Forensic mental health nurses focus on the treatment of offenders with mental health issues. They work with patients who encounter the criminal justice system because of their mental health or who become unwell following a criminal offence. They may work in prisons, secure hospital settings or locked rehabilitation units.

    FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

  • CAREERS IN MENTAL
    HEALTH NURSING

    Community mental health nurses work out in the community and try to prevent people from being admitted to hospital. They will be assigned patients and create care plans alongside a visiting schedule based on a patient’s needs. They may visit some patients multiple times a day to provide care and support.

    COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

  • CAREERS IN MENTAL
    HEALTH NURSING

    Adult mental health nurses work in a range of settings but predominantly in hospitals on wards delivering care, treatment and support to patients. They may work in specialist wards such as Dementia Wards, Psychiatric Intensive Care Units or specialist units dealing with eating disorders.

    ADULT MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

CAREERS
IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH NURSE

FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

ADULT MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

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