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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Causes and Risk Factors Woolf, a specialty doctor in psychiatry who works for Care in Mind, a service supporting young people with complex mental health needs, said that multiple factors contribute to conditions like schizoaffective disorder.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Koh envisioned a more ambitious role for computational psychiatry, one that fully embraced the power and information that data from thousands of patient experiences could provide.
—Alice Park, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Monnette, who had once wanted to be a doctor, now had an official-looking badge identifying her as chief resident in the psychiatry department at West Jefferson General Hospital, outside New Orleans.
—Jonathan Alter, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
Benz-Bushling 41, and his wife Misty Benz-Bushling, 39, of Stephensville, Michigan, rushed Johnathan to the emergency room, and then later took him to Forest View Hospital, an inpatient behavioral health facility in Grand Rapids that had room in its pediatric psychiatry unit.
—Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Koh envisioned a more ambitious role for computational psychiatry, one that fully embraced the power and information that data from thousands of patient experiences could provide.
—Alice Park, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Monnette, who had once wanted to be a doctor, now had an official-looking badge identifying her as chief resident in the psychiatry department at West Jefferson General Hospital, outside New Orleans.
—Jonathan Alter, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
Benz-Bushling 41, and his wife Misty Benz-Bushling, 39, of Stephensville, Michigan, rushed Johnathan to the emergency room, and then later took him to Forest View Hospital, an inpatient behavioral health facility in Grand Rapids that had room in its pediatric psychiatry unit.
—Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Psychiatry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatry. Accessed 7 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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