Violet and Pete see a therapist for their marital troubles
Psychiatry is a specialty of medical sciences with the prevention, study and treatment of mental disorders. This specialty has many different approaches with a variety of different treatment options available for patients.
Psychiatry will focus more on patient relationships, using mental assessments and histories to evaluate the patient. Treatment can involve medications, therapy or both and in some cases referral to neurology or neurosurgery departments may be necessary, but these cases are rare and usually associated with neurological issues causing and presenting themselves as psychological problems.
Notable Psychiatrists[]
- Dr. Violet Turner (Psychiatrist at Seaside Health and Wellness and St. Ambrose Hospital)
- Dr. Sheldon Wallace (former Psychiatrist at Seaside Health and Wellness and St. Ambrose Hospital)
- Dr. Katharine Wyatt (Attending Psychiatrist at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
- Dr. Rich Gregory (Attending Psychiatrist at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital)
- Dr. Kathleen Shepherd (Attending Psychiatrist in New York)
- Dr. Ellen Sicher (Attending Psychiatrist in New York)
- Dr. Norman Shales (Psychiatry Intern at Seattle Grace Hospital)
- Dr. Andrew Perkins (Consulting Trauma Counselor at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
- Dr. Helen Fincher (Attending Psychiatrist at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
- Dr. Raj Sen (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Dr. Kevin Fisher (Psychiatry Resident at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
- Dr. Hurst (Attending Psychiatrist at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
- Dr. Goyle (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Dr. Shapiro (Attending Psychiatrist at Seattle Grace Hospital)
- Dr. Siegel (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Dr. Walter Carr (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Dr. Olivia Fowler (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Dr. Cynthia Cole (Attending Psychiatrist at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
- Michelle (Attending Psychiatrist at Mercer Island Treatment Center)
- Dr. Carly Davis (Attending Psychiatrist at Mercer Island Treatment Center)
Notes and Trivia[]
- Mark Sloan once told Meredith: "My 400 dollar an hour shrink says...behind this rugged and confident exterior, I’m self destructive and self loathing to an almost pathological degree."
- Psychiatry, specifically talk therapy, is disparaged by numerous characters in both Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.