psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trist 
sī-
plural psychiatrists
: a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
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But psychiatrists struggled to pinpoint a single feature that unified the diagnosis.
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There are simply not enough psychologists, child neurologists, and psychiatrists to provide the services needed for diagnosis.
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Sheletta Brundidge, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
But psychiatrists struggled to pinpoint a single feature that unified the diagnosis.
—Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
There are simply not enough psychologists, child neurologists, and psychiatrists to provide the services needed for diagnosis.
—Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Grief isn’t a set of stages Many people still think of grief through the lens of psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief, popularized in the early 1970s: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
—Liza Barros-Lane, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
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“Psychiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatrist. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trəst
sī-
sī-
: a physician specializing in psychiatry
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