Psychiatry

Psychiatry comes from two Greek words — psyche meaning mind or soul and iatreia meaning cure. It is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional or behavioural disorders in people who are medically ill or suffering from anxiety, depression, bipolar and schizophrenia. Psychiatrists treat people using medications, psychotherapy, behavioural counseling and other approaches. The goal of Psychiatry is to help people change the way they act and feel.

Psychiatry at UHN
University Health Network's (UHN) Psychiatry Department functions at the three UHN hospitals: The Toronto General, The Toronto Western and The Princess Margaret hospitals. Broadly speaking, the two major foci for clinical, educational and research activities relate to (a) Medical Illness & Mental Health and (b) General & Special Population Psychiatry.

Mission of Psychiatry at UHN
Global Impact in Mental Health Sciences.

“Our mission is to serve men and women, young and old, who seek help for mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, that may or may not coexist with personality, addictions, eating disorders or other conditions. We shall accomplish this by providing exemplary patient care, promoting basic and clinical research and educating the community at large.”
- Sidney Kennedy, Psychiatrist-in-Chief

Contact Us
Toronto General Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, ON  Canada  M5G 2C4
Phone: (416) 340-3055
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Princess Margaret Hospital
610 University Avenue
Toronto, ON  Canada  M5G 2M9
Phone: (416) 340-3044

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