- psychiatry
- The practice of medicine in the study and treatment of disorders of the mind.
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Psychiatry — is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat mental disorders in humans. Psychiatric assessment typically involves a mental status examination and taking a case history, and psychological tests may be administered. Physical… … Wikipedia
psychiatry — 1846, from Fr. psychiatrie, from M.L. psychiatria, lit. a healing of the soul, from Gk. psykhe mind (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)) + iatreia healing, care (see IATRIC (Cf. iatric)). Psychiatrist first recorded 1890; the older name was mad doctor… … Etymology dictionary
psychiatry — ► NOUN ▪ the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of mental illness and emotional disturbance. DERIVATIVES psychiatric adjective psychiatrically adverb. ORIGIN from Greek psukh soul, mind + iatreia healing … English terms dictionary
psychiatry — [sī kī′ə trē, sikī′ə trē] n. [ModL: see PSYCHO & IATRY] the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc … English World dictionary
PSYCHIATRY — The Biblical Period References to states of mental disturbance are frequently found in the Bible. Deuteronomy 28:28, 34 views madness as punishment for disobeying the commandments. The tragedy of Saul s last years is ascribed to an evil spirit… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
psychiatry — psychiatric /suy kee a trik/, psychiatrical, adj. psychiatrically, adv. /si kuy euh tree, suy /, n. the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders. [1840 50; PSYCH + IATRY] * * * Branch of medicine concerned with mental… … Universalium
psychiatry — A medical speciality, whose boundaries have always been contested, which focuses on the care and treatment of mental disorders. It developed as a professional grouping in the first half of the nineteenth century: the term was coined in Germany in … Dictionary of sociology
Psychiatry — The medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. Psychiatrists are MDs who receive additional training and serve a supervised residency in their specialty. They may also have additional training in… … Medical dictionary
Psychiatry — origin of term (1808). Johann Christian Reil (1759–1813), a professor of medicine in Halle, Germany, coined the term psychiatry to mean the third arm of the art of medicine, next to physic (medication) and surgery. In a journal of brief… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
psychiatry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clinical, community, forensic ▪ adolescent, child, geriatric PHRASES ▪ a department of psychiatry … Collocations dictionary
Psychiatry — Psychiatria Psy*chi a*tri a, Psychiatry Psy*chi a*try, n. [NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. ? the mind + ? healing.] (Med.) The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
