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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Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
One of its cofounders, Vanderbilt psychiatrist David Barton, felt the hospitals could be institutionally apathetic toward terminally ill patients.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
It was famed British actor Laurence Olivier who encouraged Hopkins to pursue mental health therapy and see a psychiatrist.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Children are like sponges, according to Taren Coley, MD, psychiatrist and the Director of Child & Adolescent Services at Hopeway, constantly taking in the world around them.
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 30 Oct. 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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