Book Online Psychiatrist Appointment in Pakistan - Same Day Availability
If you are here, something has probably gone on longer than it should. Maybe sleep has gone, panic has followed you to work, or a medication has stopped working. Maybe you are booking for someone else - a mother who won't leave the house, a daughter whose exams are close. No referral, no waiting room, no reception desk. Choose a psychiatrist, pick a slot, pay, and a private Google Meet link arrives on your phone.
SehatYab is a registered online mental health clinic (Punjab Healthcare Commission, since 2016) · ★ 4.8 on Google, 500+ reviews · Last updated 15 August 2026
Are you sure it is a psychiatrist you need?
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can diagnose, order tests, and prescribe medication. A clinical psychologist cannot prescribe; they treat through structured talking therapy. Many people see both, because medication eases symptoms while therapy addresses the root pattern.
Book a psychologist if your main concern is stress, grief, relationship difficulties, or exam pressure and your sleep and appetite are mostly intact. Book a psychiatrist when you need a diagnosis, want medication started or reviewed, or when symptoms have disrupted your sleep, work, or safety - or when a condition like bipolar disorder, ADHD, or psychosis is involved.
Still unsure? Our psychiatrist vs psychologist guide works through it, and the decision tree below gives a recommendation in one question. You can also message the support team on WhatsApp and they will point you to the right clinician.
Four steps to book consultation
Nothing here needs a phone call, a printed file, or anyone else's permission. This is the whole process.
Psychiatrist fees in Pakistan on SehatYab
A flat Rs. 150 platform service charge is added to every booking on top of the clinician's fee. You see the full amount at checkout before you confirm.
Fees run from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 7,250, with most consultations starting at Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 2,500 for 20 minutes. That is short by design: a psychiatric consultation is a focused medical review. The doctor establishes what is happening, rules things in and out, and sets a treatment plan. For all clinician categories and session lengths, see online therapy consultation fees.
An in-person appointment also costs more than the fee alone - fuel, parking, and half a day of leave add up fast. Add it up honestly before comparing.
Four ways to pay
Payment is taken online at the time of booking, before the session. Confirmation is instant and the private Google Meet link arrives by SMS and email.
Accepted payment methods for online psychiatrist bookings in Pakistan. Every method includes the Rs. 150 platform service charge in the total you confirm.
If a payment does not go through, or you paid by transfer and want the slot held while the receipt is checked, message the support team on WhatsApp rather than booking twice.
What you need for the consultation
None of this is complicated, but a psychiatrist can only work with what you bring. Twenty minutes goes a great deal further when these six things are ready.
- A phone or laptop with a working camera - or just audio. Video helps the doctor read how you are, but if the signal is weak or you cannot face being seen, audio only is completely acceptable and nobody will push you.
- A private room with a door that shuts. This is the single thing people most often skip, and it costs them the consultation. If the house is full, a parked car works. Headphones help enormously.
- Your current medicines, or photos of the boxes. Names and strengths matter, and so do the ones that are not for mental health - thyroid, blood pressure, steroids and painkillers all interact. Photographs of the strips are quicker than trying to remember.
- Any previous prescriptions or reports. Old psychiatry slips, discharge summaries, blood tests, thyroid profiles, a recent ECG. Photograph them beforehand so you are not hunting through a file while the doctor waits.
- A rough timeline of when symptoms started. Not exact dates. Just anchors: after Ramzan, after the baby, after the job ended, after the accident. The order of events tells a psychiatrist more than the intensity does.
- Someone with you if the patient is unwell or a child. For a child, an adolescent, an elderly parent, or anyone who is confused, agitated or very withdrawn, a family member who has actually been in the house is often the most useful person on the call.
PMDC-licensed consultant psychiatrists
Four of the ten psychiatrists currently taking online appointments. Every fee is published in the table above and on each doctor's own profile.
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr. Muhammad Faheem Ashraf Khan
English, Urdu, Punjabi
Professor & Consultant
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Rasool
Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Seraiki, Pashto, Balochi
Which clinician fits your situation
One question, five honest answers - including the one where the answer is that you do not need a psychiatrist at all.
Are you sure it is a psychiatrist you need?
A PMDC-licensed psychiatrist on SehatYab can prescribe medication where clinically appropriate. If medicine is the right course, a digital prescription is issued after the session with the drug name, strength, dose, and duration clearly stated.
That prescription can be filled at any pharmacy in Pakistan - no specific chain required, no travel to your doctor's city needed.
Some medicines require tests before they can be started safely. Lithium needs blood level and kidney monitoring, some antipsychotics need blood counts, and certain drugs need an ECG first. The psychiatrist will tell you exactly which tests are needed, arrange them locally, and review the results before proceeding - the same standard applied in any responsible clinic.
A psychiatrist cannot physically examine you over video. If in-person care or an admission is needed, they will tell you where to go. No clinician will prescribe simply because a patient requests a drug by name. To understand how medication and therapy work together, read therapy vs medication.
Booking for a parent, a spouse or an adult child
Many bookings here are not made by the patient - a son booking for a father, a wife for a husband, a mother for a daughter studying in another city. This is common, and often the only reason an appointment happens at all.
Book in your own name and provide the patient's details for the consultation. For a child or adolescent, a parent or guardian must book and remain on the call - no minor will be assessed without a responsible adult present. If it is easier, message the support team on WhatsApp and they will ensure the Meet link reaches the right phone.
Consent matters. An adult patient must agree to be seen. You can book the slot and sit with them, but a psychiatrist cannot assess a competent adult who refuses. If the person will not agree, book in your own name, describe the situation, and ask the psychiatrist how to approach it and what warning signs to watch for. Families do this often, and it is rarely a wasted twenty minutes.
If someone is at immediate risk, skip the booking and use the emergency numbers at the foot of this page.
What you are actually booking through
PMDC-licensed, verified before listing
Every psychiatrist on this page is a licensed medical doctor whose credentials were checked before their profile went live. Names, qualifications and experience are visible, not hidden behind a booking form.
A registered clinical entity
SehatYab is operated by Huda Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., registered with the Punjab Healthcare Commission and with SECP since 2016. Read why that matters.
Private Google Meet, not a public room
A one-to-one link generated for your appointment and sent to you by SMS and email. No shared waiting room, no chance of being seen by someone you know.
Urdu and regional languages
Across the panel: Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Seraiki, Pashto, Balochi, Hindko and English. You should not have to describe a panic attack in your second language.
Female clinicians available
Four of the ten consultant psychiatrists are female, and there are female psychologists across the wider panel. For many families this is the difference between an appointment happening and not happening.
A real support channel
A WhatsApp line staffed by people who can see the diary, plus a phone number that a person answers. Rescheduling, payment queries and finding the earliest slot all go through the same place.
Context worth knowing: Pakistan has roughly 0.19 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, and an estimated 24 million Pakistanis need mental health services (Frontiers in Health Services, 2024). Around 90% of people with mental illness in Pakistan remain untreated, and the workforce is heavily concentrated in a handful of urban centres (WHO-AIMS evaluation). That is the whole reason a booking page like this one exists: the specialists are real, there are simply very few of them and they are almost all in four cities.
The slot you want is probably still open
Fees are published above, the whole booking takes about five minutes, and if you cannot find a time that works, the support team will find you the earliest one across all ten psychiatrists.
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SehatYab is an online clinic, not an emergency service
If you or someone close to you is in immediate danger, at risk of self-harm, or facing a medical emergency, contact the nearest emergency facility right away - Rescue / Ambulance 1122, Police 15, Edhi 115, Chhipa 1020, or the emergency department of your nearest government hospital. Do not wait for an online appointment, however soon it is.
Book the appointment while the page is still open
PMDC-licensed consultant psychiatrists, fees published above, about five minutes from here to a confirmed slot and a private meeting link.