psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trist 
sī-
plural psychiatrists
: a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
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Hannibal Lecter, the brilliant yet twisted psychiatrist from Harris’ novels, exemplifies the power of a multi-layered antagonist.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
Rather than catering to the Joker and other criminally insane residents of Arkham Asylum, the Dr. Quinzel of Caped Crusader is a normal Gotham City psychiatrist.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 May 2024
Bardo explained to the psychiatrist that he’d been provoked.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Around 64% of ob-gyns have been sued, according to an American Medical Association study, compared to, for example, just 16% of psychiatrists and 17% of pediatricians.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
Records show Patient 2 was involuntarily committed to South Florida State Hospital on April 20, 2023, after his psychiatrist diagnosed him as suffering from symptoms of schizophrenia and psychosis.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The psychiatrist’s conclusions were disclosed for the first time late Wednesday in a government court filing that included the letter.
—Tracey Tully, New York Times, 2 May 2024
It was founded by the late Eyad el-Sarraj, who was a human-rights activist and psychiatrist.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
Grief is less predictable in reality The five stages of grief were introduced by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
Rather than catering to the Joker and other criminally insane residents of Arkham Asylum, the Dr. Quinzel of Caped Crusader is a normal Gotham City psychiatrist.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 May 2024
Bardo explained to the psychiatrist that he’d been provoked.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Around 64% of ob-gyns have been sued, according to an American Medical Association study, compared to, for example, just 16% of psychiatrists and 17% of pediatricians.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
Records show Patient 2 was involuntarily committed to South Florida State Hospital on April 20, 2023, after his psychiatrist diagnosed him as suffering from symptoms of schizophrenia and psychosis.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The psychiatrist’s conclusions were disclosed for the first time late Wednesday in a government court filing that included the letter.
—Tracey Tully, New York Times, 2 May 2024
It was founded by the late Eyad el-Sarraj, who was a human-rights activist and psychiatrist.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
Grief is less predictable in reality The five stages of grief were introduced by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
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psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trəst
sī-
sī-
: a physician specializing in psychiatry
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