Occupation or Discipline
psychiatry Audio
psy·chi·a·try [ si-kahy-uh-tree, sahy- ]
Subclass of:
Behavioral Sciences; Medicine
Definitions related to psychiatry specialty:
  • (psychiatry) Medical specialty related to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of organic and nonorganic mental disorders; for thorough searching see RTs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (psychiatry) The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (psychiatry) The medical specialty that deals with the medical management of mental disorders.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Psychiatry, the science and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental disorders. The term psychiatry is derived from the Greek words psyche, meaning "mind" or "soul," and iatreia, meaning "healing." Until the 18th century, mental illness was most often seen as demonic possession, but...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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