Definitions for psychiatry
sɪˈkaɪ ə tri, saɪ-psy·chi·a·t·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicinenoun

   the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. psychiatrynoun

   The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.

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1. Psychiatry

   Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental conditions. These include various issues related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. Initial psychiatric assessment of a person typically begins with a case history and mental status examination. Physical examinations and psychological tests may be conducted. On occasion, neuroimaging or other neurophysiological techniques are used. Mental disorders are often diagnosed in accordance with clinical concepts listed in diagnostic manuals such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), edited and used by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The fifth edition of the DSM (DSM-5) was published in May 2013 which re-organized the larger categories of various diseases and expanded upon the previous edition to include information/insights that are consistent with current research.Combined treatment with psychiatric medication and psychotherapy has become the most common mode of psychiatric treatment in current practice, but contemporary practice also includes a wide variety of other modalities, e.g., assertive community treatment, community reinforcement, and supported employment. Treatment may be delivered on an inpatient or outpatient basis, depending on the severity of functional impairment or on other aspects of the disorder in question. An inpatient may be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Research within psychiatry as a whole is conducted on an interdisciplinary basis with other professionals, such as epidemiologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, or clinical psychologists.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Psychiatrynoun

   the application of the healing art to mental diseases

2. Etymology: [NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. the mind + healing.]

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1. Psychiatry

   Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. These include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808, and literally means the 'medical treatment of the soul'. A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry is a psychiatrist. Psychiatric assessment typically starts with a mental status examination and the compilation of a case history. Psychological tests and physical examinations may be conducted, including on occasion the use of neuroimaging or other neurophysiological techniques. Mental disorders are diagnosed in accordance with criteria listed in diagnostic manuals such as the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, and the International Classification of Diseases, edited and used by the World Health Organization. The fifth edition of the DSM is scheduled to be published in 2013, and its development is expected to be of significant interest to many medical fields.

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1. Psychiatry

   The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.

How to pronounce psychiatry?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychiatry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychiatry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of psychiatry in a Sentence

1. Harold Rosenberg:

   Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

2. Sigmund Freud, Letter to Carl Jung, January 17, 1909:

   We are certainly getting ahead; if I am Moses, then you are Joshua and will take possession of the promised land of psychiatry, which I shall only be able to glimpse from afar.

3. Laurence J. Peter:

   Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

4. Samantha Holden:

   The earlier you can start people on treatments, the easier to enroll people in clinical trials to test new medications. borrow medicines from Alzheimer's to treat cognitive symptoms, from Parkinson's to treat motor symptoms, from narcolepsy to treat attention deficits and from psychiatry to treat behavioral symptoms.

5. Robert Francis Kennedy:

   The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=psychiatry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Psychiatry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatry
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=psychiatry