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