psychiatry
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Definition of psychiatry
: a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
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North of Sacramento, there is a complete lack of psychiatry residency programs as well as educational programs for psychologists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, according to the UCSF study. — Hannah Holzer, sacbee, "California needs more mental health professionals – and the shortage will get worse, experts say," 11 July 2018 When that moment of understanding occurs psychiatry will truly have taken a great leap forward. — The Economist, "A big collaboration is trying to understand diseases of the psyche," 28 June 2018 Pitt also graduated from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency training at the University of Michigan's Medical Center. — Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, "Prominent forensic psychiatrist killed in Arizona has Michigan ties," 4 June 2018 This is where psychiatry has done the worst: believing too much that these terms are wholly descriptive. — Augusten Burroughs, Town & Country, "Welcome to the Very Best Asylum Money Can Buy," 23 Apr. 2018 McAteer has quickly fallen in love with the city as well and started a new job in pediatric psychiatry in February. — Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, "Timbers defender Zarek Valentin feeling at home in Portland on and off the pitch," 19 Apr. 2018 Instead of asking your teen to talk, share an activity that will give your child the chance to open up: Cook dinner together, walk the dog, take a drive, says Tara Niendam, an associate professor in psychiatry at the University of California-Davis. — Emily Bazar, Washington Post, "When Erratic Teenage Behavior Means Something More," 14 June 2018 Moawad doesn’t work with Alabama anymore, but Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban still uses consultant Kevin Elko and Michigan State psychiatry professor Lonny Rosen (who also helps the Spartans in East Lansing). — Andy Staples, SI.com, "How Trevor Moawad, College Football's Coveted Mental Coach, Molds Draft Prospects' Minds," 17 Apr. 2018 David Greenfield, a psychiatry professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, developed a smartphone compulsion test (look it up online and take it) to help anxious people assess their phone usage. — Horacio Salinas, Allure, "What an Internet Rehabilitation Program Is Really Like," 21 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'psychiatry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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psychiatry
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English Language Learners Definition of psychiatry
: a branch of medicine that deals with mental or emotional disorders
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Kids Definition of psychiatry
: a branch of medicine dealing with problems of the mind, emotions, or behavior
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Medical Definition of psychiatry
: 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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