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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Investigators believe Jalloh was inspired by a 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, during which an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and injured 32 others, Evans said.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
If In Treatment, HBO’s late-aughts psychotherapeutic procedural, made a certain kind of viewer yearn for the psychiatrist’s couch, expect The Pitt to do the same for the emergency room.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Investigators believe Jalloh was inspired by a 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, during which an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and injured 32 others, Evans said.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Therapy and psychiatrists are no longer an anomaly in everyday conversations, but suicide and suicidal ideation are still taboo.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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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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