psychiatric
Britishadjective
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Explanation
The adjective psychiatric is good for describing things related to mental illness and its treatment. Use psychiatric when you're talking about the medical specialty that helps people with emotional or mental disorders. You could talk about a psychiatric nurse, a psychiatric hospital, or psychiatric drugs, for example. Any time you see a word that begins with psych you can be sure it has to do with the mind, since psykhe is "mind" in Greek. The suffix iatreia means "healing or care."
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Example Sentences
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Beyond advancing basic neuroscience, the research may eventually contribute to better treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
If a person in the diocese comes to fear that they or their loved one has been bodily possessed by a demon, the diocese launches an investigation involving medical, psychological, and psychiatric testing.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
He cited a psychiatric expert who diagnosed the defendant with a narcissistic personality disorder.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Court psychiatrist Peter Hoffmann said Beran A showed no signs of mental illness, adding that there was "no psychiatric explanation" for his radicalisation.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The room looked more like overflow from a psychiatric ward than One of the women stared blankly at the ceiling, while the other a hospital.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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