Psychiatry: (1) The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. (2) For some types of psychiatry not listed below, see also subentries under therapy, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis. SYN: psychiatrics. [psych- + G. iatreia, medical treatment]
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Psychiatry: medical specialty related to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of organic and nonorganic mental disorders; for thorough searching see RTs.
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Psychiatry: The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
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