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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Wendy Spettigue, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Ottawa, said that these effects are typical of starvation.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
The company brought on additional experts in psychiatry.
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There’s no such thing as too much attention for the measures considering their role in saving lives, said Amy Barnhorst, a psychiatry professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine and associate director of the UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
The company brought on additional experts in psychiatry.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
That's from a study conducted by scientists at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine working in the field of psychiatry, in partnership with genetic testing firm 23andMe.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
There’s no such thing as too much attention for the measures considering their role in saving lives, said Amy Barnhorst, a psychiatry professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine and associate director of the UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Psychiatry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatry. Accessed 30 Oct. 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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