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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Ermelinda, a nurse specializing in psychiatry, strongly believed in animal therapy benefits and thought donkeys, known for their calm and social nature, would be perfect.
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
Screening tools used in schools could recognize what might be a cultural way to express distress in Chinese culture, not only through the self-reporting language of Western psychiatry.
—Huaying Wang, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
The San Diego chapter of the ARCS Foundation presented its 2026 Scientist of the Year celebration at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on May 17, honoring UC San Diego professor emeritus of psychiatry Sonia Ancoli-Israel.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In recent years a handful of specialists in the fields of psychiatry, neuroscience and addiction medicine have begun looking at how ibogaine’s psychoactive properties can reset brains scrambled by trauma and substance abuse.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
Screening tools used in schools could recognize what might be a cultural way to express distress in Chinese culture, not only through the self-reporting language of Western psychiatry.
—Huaying Wang, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
The San Diego chapter of the ARCS Foundation presented its 2026 Scientist of the Year celebration at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on May 17, honoring UC San Diego professor emeritus of psychiatry Sonia Ancoli-Israel.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In recent years a handful of specialists in the fields of psychiatry, neuroscience and addiction medicine have begun looking at how ibogaine’s psychoactive properties can reset brains scrambled by trauma and substance abuse.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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 6 Jun. 2026.
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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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