psychiatric
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
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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Another 2025 study using Mendelian randomization found no clear evidence that genetically higher total serum B12 levels protect the general population from psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Notwithstanding the cuts, the new union contracts included some expansions, such as additional psychiatric social workers and counselors and modest class size reductions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
It is supported accommodation in south London for people who have been released from secure psychiatric hospitals.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Das helped develop a statement from the American Psychiatric Association opposing cannabis as a psychiatric treatment because there is currently no evidence showing it effectively treats psychiatric disorders.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
He was sent to a psychiatric hospital rather than to the gallows.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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