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Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with mental and emotional disorders.

(noun)

An example of psychiatry is a professional who studies people with severe paranoia.

See psychiatry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc.

Origin: ModL: see psycho- & -iatry

See psychiatry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.

Related Forms:

psyˌchi·atˈric (sīˌkē-ătˈrĭk), psyˌchi·atˈri·cal (-rĭ-kəl) adjective

psyˌchi·atˈri·cal·ly adverb

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