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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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
During the therapy, a machine delivers pulses that felt — as Katharine Marder, associate physician of psychiatry at the Advanced Psychiatric Therapeutics Clinic at the UC Davis — put it, like a woodpecker tapping steadily on the scalp.
—Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The changes that occur in traumatic brain injury are generally too small and too subtle to pick up on brain scans, unlike strokes, says Dr. Maura Boldrini, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center.
—Alice Park, Time, 31 July 2025
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.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
During the therapy, a machine delivers pulses that felt — as Katharine Marder, associate physician of psychiatry at the Advanced Psychiatric Therapeutics Clinic at the UC Davis — put it, like a woodpecker tapping steadily on the scalp.
—Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The changes that occur in traumatic brain injury are generally too small and too subtle to pick up on brain scans, unlike strokes, says Dr. Maura Boldrini, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center.
—Alice Park, Time, 31 July 2025
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.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
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“Psychiatry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatry. Accessed 22 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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