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Dr Tom Pennybacker
The Chelsea Psychology Clinic
What does a psychiatrist do?
Tom Pennybacker, a private consultant psychiatrist in London, explains how a psychiatrist evaluates somebody’s mental health, and considers their history and current difficulties so they can decide on a treatment plan.
Transcript
Psychiatrist evaluates somebody's mental health and looks at their history in how they've developed from childhood to make sense of the difficulties that they're having in adult life. And we'll then think about whether medication is appropriate as well as any psychological treatment that they might need.