Psychiatrists

Key Tasks

• •Assessing patients' mental and physical status to determine the nature and extent of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders
• •Assessing patients' medical, psychiatric and psychological histories
• •Examining patients to determine general physical condition
• •Ordering laboratory tests, imaging, neuropsychological tests and other diagnostic procedures
• •Examining the results of tests and examinations to determine the most appropriate forms of treatment
• •Prescribing and administering medication, psychotherapy, and other physical treatments and rehabilitation programs
• •Arranging admission to hospitals and providing in-patient treatment
• •Consulting, supervising and working with other medical practitioners and health professionals
• •Determining whether patients require involuntary treatment in accordance with relevant mental health acts
• •Assisting courts and other statutory bodies in managing patients in legal and forensic settings
• •Teaching medical students and registrars, and assessing their progress by administering tests

Employment Projections to 2034