true or false: psychiatry is a specialty area of medicine that involves the care children up to the age of 18 or in some cases 21.
False.
According to the American psychiatric association, psychiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. The term Psychiatry was coined by German anatomist Johann Christian Reil.
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the care of infants and children. According to the American Academy of pediatrics individuals under the age of 21 is put under pediatric care whereas in UK it us upto the age of 18.
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