psychiatry
noun
psy·chi·a·try
sə-ˈkī-ə-trē 
sī-
: a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
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And oscillating fans can sometimes disrupt sleep by creating fluctuations in air flow and noise, said Norah Simpson, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Set during the onset of Poland’s Martial Law era, the country is shut down just as British psychiatry professor Dr. Joan Andrews (Manville) arrives as a guest lecturer in Warsaw.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Five years ago, a research team at Stanford achieved what many in psychiatry had long hoped for: A treatment for severe depression that worked rapidly, reliably, and without medication.
—Colleen Reilly, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.
—Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Set during the onset of Poland’s Martial Law era, the country is shut down just as British psychiatry professor Dr. Joan Andrews (Manville) arrives as a guest lecturer in Warsaw.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Five years ago, a research team at Stanford achieved what many in psychiatry had long hoped for: A treatment for severe depression that worked rapidly, reliably, and without medication.
—Colleen Reilly, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.
—Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychiatry
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“Psychiatry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatry. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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psychiatry
noun
psy·chi·a·try
sə-ˈkī-ə-trē
sī-
: a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the mind, emotions, or behavior
Medical Definition
psychiatry
noun
psy·chi·a·try
-trē
plural psychiatries
: a branch of medicine that deals with the science and practice of treating mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders especially as originating in endogenous causes or resulting from faulty interpersonal relationships
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