Get Virtual Care
Psychiatric problem
A psychological/behavioral symptom that causes impairment in a person's function or distress for that person. For example: anxiety is normal & keeps us alert to possible danger. If anxiety is excessive or out of proportion to the situation, and causes us distress or impaiment in our ability to handle situations, then we have an anxiety disorder. It is then considered to be a psychiatric problem.
Dr. Edward Kuhnley reviewed this
47 year experience in Child Psychiatry
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Related questions
A 34-year old asked:
What kinda psychiatric problems happen to doctors?
3 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: psychiatric problem?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 33-year old female asked:
What psychiatric problems do khat create?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Dance therapy, is this for physical or psychiatric problems?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 33-year old asked:
What's the best treatment to get rid of psychiatric problems?
4 doctor answers • 17 doctors weighed in
A 46-year old asked:
What could cause migraines, severe digestive problems and psychiatric problems?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
Child mental health problems. How common are the real psychiatric problems, not autism or add?
3 doctor answers • 15 doctors weighed in
A 39-year old asked:
Will having a childhood psychiatric problem stop me from getting a job in health insurance company?
1 doctor answer • 7 doctors weighed in
A 23-year old female asked:
My caffeine withdrawal is still going on and been a month . What should I do? Im suffering psychiatric problems
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A 39-year old female asked:
Can you tell me if the damage to the optical nerve happens as a result of psychiatric problems like schizophrenia or is it part of the symptom?
4 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 42-year old asked:
Could these physical and psychiatric problems be symptoms of a disease?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
What are the different drugs that can be used for psychiatric problems?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
A 45-year old asked:
If a child has problems with attachment, will this lead to other psychiatric problems as an adult?
4 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
Does my 59 year old mom qualify for medical disability if she has heart and psychiatric problems?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 22-year old male asked:
What symptoms and signs could be seen in patient taking antidepressant cipralex for 6 months , but in reality he doesn't have any psychiatric problems
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
Can brain of a man with psychiatric problem be evaluated during an operation to identify the problem?
2 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 48-year old male asked:
Am i better off hiding the real extent of my psychiatric problems from psychiatrists? I've had major depression for much of my life, including a few hospitalizations. After a suicide attempt five years ago, my then-psychiatrist asked me to seek psychiatri
5 doctor answers • 16 doctors weighed in
A 27-year old asked:
Is there a psychiatric problem that could cause headaches and make me see things out of the corner of my eye?
4 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old male asked:
Sexual and psychiatric problem and divorce recovery can I once show my genitals for the medical examination by lady doctor?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 18-year old male asked:
Since 3 months ago a progression of prodromal flu-like symptoms, psychiatric problems, anterograde amnesia, now involuntary movements almost seizure.
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A 26-year old female asked:
Female 26 years , ESR-30(max 12), positive on ANA, Ds-DNA. fatigue, fever, joint pain, bowel and psychiatric problems. Diagnosed with SLE, false +ve ?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 24-year old male asked:
I stopped all my psychiatric medications but an having sleep problems.Will these go away?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old female asked:
Is hysteria still a recognisable disease in modern day psychiatry , is globus hystericus a new name for it or is that a different problem? Thanks
4 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 21-year old female asked:
Lately psychiatric drugs are causing me akthasia. When i didn't have this problem before. Why? Do stimulants ADHD pills cause akthasia?
3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 24-year old male asked:
I never had a problem sleeping before psychiatric medication but upon discontinuing medications I have been unable to sleep at all.Why is this?
2 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 30-year old male asked:
Do you have experience with people with bad reactions to most medications, especially psychiatric? What can be the reason and the cure? My body has bad reactions to most of the medications despite severe cognitive problems and pressure in the head.
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 27-year old female asked:
If something cannot be diagnosed, is it a psychiatric prob? I've had leg pain, vis problems, at least 1 grand mal, etc., but nothing has been diagnosed. At first I was confident this was not psychosomatic but beg to doubt as docs haven't found anythi
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A 37-year old female asked:
What are some examples of psychiatric illnesses?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
What is psychiatric ward work like?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A 30-year old asked:
Tricare standard for psychiatric services?
4 doctor answers • 12 doctors weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
