We finally insisted that he seek psychiatric help.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Psychiatric means involving mental illness.
About 4% of the prison population have chronic psychiatric illnesses.
psychiatric in British English
(ˌsaɪkɪˈætrɪk) or psychiatrical
adjective
of or relating to mental illness or psychiatry
Derived forms
psychiatrically (ˌpsychiˈatrically)
adverb
psychiatric in American English
(ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk)
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or associated with psychiatry
2.
affecting mental or emotional processes
psychiatric side effects
3.
affected by mental illness
psychiatric patients
Derived forms
psychiatrically (ˌpsychiˈatrically)
adverb
Examples of 'psychiatric' in a sentence
psychiatric
He got life and will be detained in a secure psychiatric hospital until deemed fit for prison.
The Sun (2016)
The findings were highlighted in a study of when males and females seek psychiatric help.
The Sun (2017)
One waited 45 hours for a a psychiatric hospital bed.
The Sun (2016)
I've seen people take serious overdoses or be admitted to psychiatric hospitals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The psychiatric hospital costs 325,000 a year against 45,000 in jail.
The Sun (2016)
They questioned the very notion of psychiatric illness.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
So they try to get some psychiatric help for her.
The Sun (2008)
Many of them remained there because places could not be found for them in psychiatric hospitals.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
This week he was transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She was kept on a psychiatric ward for six days before being released.
The Sun (2010)
She also talks openly about her life and previous job as a psychiatric nurse.
The Sun (2014)
These are usually in drug dependence units or psychiatric departments.
Trickett, Shirley Coming Off Tranquillizers and Sleeping Pills (1991)
Many such patients probably are suffering from a primary psychiatric illness.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
She was given some psychiatric help in the first weeks after the family arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She is admitted to a psychiatric ward.
The Sun (2014)
Sentencing was postponed so he can speak to psychiatric nurses.
The Sun (2010)
Part of my training was on a psychiatric ward.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His father was a recruiter in the energy sector and his mother a psychiatric nurse.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He was detained indefinitely in a psychiatric unit.
The Sun (2015)
But do you need psychiatric help to stop?
The Sun (2013)
There's a whole range of psychiatric illness.
Christianity Today (2000)
In an earlier chapter we saw the impact on patients and staff of the closure of one large psychiatric hospital, and its incorporation into a neighbouring hospital.
Carpenter, Anne & Johnson, Geoffrey Why am I Afraid to Grieve (1994)
Living as a prisoner, he asks questions about the overlap between psychiatric services and prisons, showing how many mentally ill people wind up in unsuitable jails.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
psychiatric
British English: psychiatric /ˌsaɪkɪˈætrɪk/ ADJECTIVE
Psychiatric means relating to psychiatrists.
...psychiatric illnesses.
American English: psychiatric
Arabic: نَفْسِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: psiquiátrico
Chinese: 精神病学的
Croatian: psihijatrijski
Czech: psychiatrický
Danish: psykiatrisk
Dutch: psychiatrisch
European Spanish: psiquiátrico
Finnish: psykiatrinen
French: psychiatrique
German: psychiatrisch
Greek: ψυχιατρικός
Italian: psichiatrico
Japanese: 精神科の
Korean: 정신의학의
Norwegian: psykiatrisk
Polish: psychiatryczny
European Portuguese: psiquiátrico
Romanian: psihiatric
Russian: психиатрический
Latin American Spanish: psiquiátrico
Swedish: psykiatrisk
Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับจิตวิทยา
Turkish: psikiyatrik
Ukrainian: психіатричний
Vietnamese: thuộc về tâm thần học
All related terms of 'psychiatric'
psychiatric clinic
A clinic is a building where people go to receive medical advice or treatment.
psychiatric assessment
An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
psychiatric diagnosis
Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
psychiatric hospital
an institution for the care and treatment of people with mental health problems
psychiatric illness
Illness is the fact or experience of being ill .
psychiatric treatment
Treatment is medical attention given to a sick or injured person or animal.
psychiatric social worker
(in Britain) a qualified person who works with mentally ill people and their families