Definition of psychiatric in English:
 psychiatric
adjective ˌsʌɪkɪˈatrɪkˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk
Relating to mental illness or its treatment.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  He was taken more or less at birth from his mother, who was by then a patient in a psychiatric hospital.
 -  He had a history of psychiatric problems and was on medication for manic depression.
 -  In other cases the appropriate psychiatric diagnostic category is a somatoform disorder.
 -  It emerged that Sharpe had a history of mental instability and had had psychiatric treatment.
 -  An inquiry is standard practice in cases when a psychiatric patient has killed someone.
 -  Except for suffering from a psychiatric disorder, the patients were generally healthy.
 -  Compulsory admission to a secure facility for psychiatric treatment may be necessary.
 -  He was accused of smoking cannabis on tour and once ended up in a psychiatric ward after an emotional breakdown.
 -  He was currently unemployable and had received psychiatric treatment for depression.
 -  In high functioning autism the risk of psychiatric disorders is also increased.
 -  His injuries have forced him to take early retirement and he now receives psychiatric treatment.
 -  Mr Weston has a psychiatric history and was receiving daily treatment for schizophrenia.
 -  He has rarely competed this season and is receiving psychiatric treatment for depression.
 -  A psychiatric patient may have died as part of a suicide pact with another patient, an inquest heard.
 -  Faughey lived in the care home next door but one and had been receiving psychiatric treatment.
 -  She was also interested in family planning and coping with psychiatric disorders.
 -  No severe psychiatric illness was observed except for one patient with schizophrenia.
 -  No doubt a well-timed psychiatric referral of a suicidal patient can sometimes save a life.
 -  Hutchins is on remand in a secure psychiatric unit while doctors assess his mental condition.
 -  In free societies only psychiatric patients are routinely treated against their will.
 
 Synonyms
emotional, spiritual, inner
Derivatives
  
adverbˌsʌɪkɪˈatrɪk(ə)li
 Research shows that the course of the illness is worsened by ‘expressed emotion,’ a measure of attitudes expressed by a caregiver relative to a psychiatrically ill patient.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  After the reaction is over, the patient should be examined psychiatrically and only discharged when his mental status has returned to normal.
 -  There have been no studies examining treatment responses in psychiatrically ill Ecstasy users, and the risks of using psychiatric medications in these patients are unknown.
 -  Our colleagues may not be identifying their psychiatrically ill patients in their practice as they ought to, because when they do, they have no place to send them.
 -  The problem is how to get the psychiatrically ill person to see the psychiatrist.
 
adjective-kɪˈatrɪk(ə)l
Rhymes
  
geriatric, paediatric (US pediatric), Patrick, theatric
   Definition of psychiatric in US English:
 psychiatric
adjectiveˌsaɪkiˈætrɪkˌsīkēˈatrik
Relating to mental illness or its treatment.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  He was accused of smoking cannabis on tour and once ended up in a psychiatric ward after an emotional breakdown.
 -  He has rarely competed this season and is receiving psychiatric treatment for depression.
 -  A psychiatric patient may have died as part of a suicide pact with another patient, an inquest heard.
 -  In free societies only psychiatric patients are routinely treated against their will.
 -  Except for suffering from a psychiatric disorder, the patients were generally healthy.
 -  It emerged that Sharpe had a history of mental instability and had had psychiatric treatment.
 -  He was currently unemployable and had received psychiatric treatment for depression.
 -  His injuries have forced him to take early retirement and he now receives psychiatric treatment.
 -  In high functioning autism the risk of psychiatric disorders is also increased.
 -  Hutchins is on remand in a secure psychiatric unit while doctors assess his mental condition.
 -  He was taken more or less at birth from his mother, who was by then a patient in a psychiatric hospital.
 -  In other cases the appropriate psychiatric diagnostic category is a somatoform disorder.
 -  Compulsory admission to a secure facility for psychiatric treatment may be necessary.
 -  No doubt a well-timed psychiatric referral of a suicidal patient can sometimes save a life.
 -  He had a history of psychiatric problems and was on medication for manic depression.
 -  Mr Weston has a psychiatric history and was receiving daily treatment for schizophrenia.
 -  Faughey lived in the care home next door but one and had been receiving psychiatric treatment.
 -  She was also interested in family planning and coping with psychiatric disorders.
 -  No severe psychiatric illness was observed except for one patient with schizophrenia.
 -  An inquiry is standard practice in cases when a psychiatric patient has killed someone.
 
 Synonyms
emotional, spiritual, inner