Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of mental illness.
psychiatry in British English
(saɪˈkaɪətrɪ)
noun
the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
Derived forms
psychiatrist (psyˈchiatrist)
noun
psychiatry in American English
(saɪˈkaɪətri; sɪˈkaɪətri)
noun
the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc.
Word origin
ModL: see psycho- & -iatry
Examples of 'psychiatry' in a sentence
psychiatry
These figures raise difficult questions for modern psychiatry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His assessments were relied upon as the gold standard in the field of forensic psychiatry.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Forensic psychiatry deals with those patients who have committed offences while ill.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
That modern psychiatry doesn't work.
The Sun (2011)
The book's theoretical impact is equally obvious: it calls into question the scientific status not only of classical but also of modern psychiatry.
Miller, James The Passion of Michel Foucault (1993)
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psychiatry
British English: psychiatry NOUN
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of mental illness.