psychiatry

UK/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,832 of 15,258leans written

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that treats mental illness. Study psychiatry, referred to psychiatry, a professor of psychiatry.

A psychiatrist is a doctor and may prescribe, and a psychologist is not and usually may not, which is the distinction people mix up most. The field has a difficult history, including asylums and treatments now regarded as harmful.

Definitions of psychiatry

1nounpsychiatryThe branch of medicine that treats mental illness.B2+
“After medical school she chose to specialise in psychiatry and now treats patients with depression.”

psychiatry is a field of medicine.

Where it comes from

French
psychiatrie
English, today
psychiatry

Borrowed from French psychiatrie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

psychiatry in the wild

Cooper used the term "anti-psychiatry" in 1967, and wrote the book Psychiatry and Anti-psychiatry in 1971.
Anti-psychiatry
Russia is still impacted by Soviet political abuse of psychiatry.
Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
Forensic psychiatry plays a substantial role in improving the safety of environments and the quality of mental health care within the criminal justice system.
Forensic psychiatry
The American Journal of Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of psychiatry, and is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
In the United States, psychiatry was used to control African-American slaves, a practice that some argue continues to this day.
Political abuse of psychiatry

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Related words

the psychiatrie family

psychiatrist psychiatric

psychiatry — used about once every 1,595 pages · #5,832 · point at the bar for the others

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