psychiatric
Other forms: psychiatrically
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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relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
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Vocabulary lists containing psychiatric
After calling the police during an end-of-summer party, Melinda is an outcast at school. How can Melinda tell the truth about what really happened when she won't even speak?
"Coal" Keegan is definitely a unique young teen. With his new-found chameleon-like powers of invisibility, he and his foster family and friends embark on a suspenseful and dangerous quest to unravel the mystery of Coal's true identity.
