psychiatry

noun

psy·​chi·​a·​try sə-ˈkī-ə-trē 

sī-

: a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders

psychiatric

ˌsī-kē-ˈa-trik 

adjective

psychiatrically

ˌsī-kē-ˈa-tri-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of psychiatry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her interests in psychiatry are broad, with a particular focus on child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction medicine, and public psychiatry. —Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, Md, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

Some people fail to find a psychedelic experience beneficial, said Dr. Charles Raison, a professor of psychiatry and human ecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025

Black Enterprise reported the Pakistani government had placed Robinson in a psychiatry department at Karachi’s Jinnah Post Graduate Hospital for a mental health examination. —Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Feb. 2025

That's largely because the tools aren't capable of handling the nuances and intricacies of other fields, such as surgery or psychiatry, the way human providers can, the leaders said. —Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably from French psychiatrie, from psychiatre psychiatrist, from psych- psych- + Greek iatros physician — more at -iatry

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for psychiatry

• gayatri
• neuropsychiatry
• orthopsychiatry

Kids Definition

psychiatry

noun

psy·​chi·​a·​try sə-ˈkī-ə-trē 

sī-

: a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the mind, emotions, or behavior

psychiatric

ˌsī-kē-ˈa-trik 

adjective

Medical Definition

psychiatry

noun

psy·​chi·​a·​try -trē 

plural psychiatries

: a branch of medicine that deals with the science and practice of treating mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders especially as originating in endogenous causes or resulting from faulty interpersonal relationships