psychiatry

P3S1Y4C3H4I1A1T1R1Y4
UK/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

noun

The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

Similar
psychopathologypsychological medicine
OriginFrench psychiatrie →
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Meanings

nounpsychiatry (usually uncountable, plural psychiatries)

plural psychiatries

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Similar
psychopathologypsychological medicine
Broader
medicinemedical specialty
Also see
psychopathology

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchpsych-
  2. Frenchpsychiatre
  3. Frenchpsychiatrie
  4. Englishpsychiatry

Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

More words from French

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Translations

Arabic الطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ
  • الطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ (aṭ-ṭibb an-nafsiyy)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Bulgarian психиа́трия
  • психиа́трия (psihiátrija)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Catalan psiquiatria
  • psiquiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Cantonese 精神病學 /精神病学, 精神醫學 /精神医学
  • 精神病學 /精神病学 (zing¹ san⁴ beng⁶ hok⁶)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
  • 精神醫學 /精神医学 (zing¹ san⁴ ji¹ hok⁶)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Mandarin 精神病學 /精神病学, 精神醫學 /精神医学
  • 精神病學 /精神病学 (jīngshénbìngxué)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
  • 精神醫學 /精神医学 (jīngshén yīxué)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Czech psychiatrie
  • psychiatriebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Danish psykiatri
  • psykiatribranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Dutch psychiatrie
  • psychiatriebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Esperanto psikiatrio
  • psikiatriobranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Estonian psühhiaatria
  • psühhiaatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Finnish psykiatria
  • psykiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
French psychiatrie
  • psychiatriebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
German Psychiatrie, Seelenheilkunde
  • Psychiatriebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
  • Seelenheilkundebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Greek ψυχιατρική
  • ψυχιατρική (psychiatrikí)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hebrew פְּסִיכִיאַטְרְיָה
  • פְּסִיכִיאַטְרְיָה (psikhi'atr'yá)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hindi मनश्चिकित्सा
  • मनश्चिकित्सा (manaścikitsā)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hungarian pszichiátria
  • pszichiátriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Irish síciatracht
  • síciatrachtbranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Italian psichiatria
  • psichiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Japanese 精神医学
  • 精神医学 (seishin igaku)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Korean 정신의학
  • 정신의학 (jeongsinuihak)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Latvian psihiatrija
  • psihiatrijabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Lithuanian psichiatrija
  • psichiatrijabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Malay psikiatri
  • psikiatribranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Māori mātai mate hinengaro
  • mātai mate hinengarobranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Norwegian Bokmål psykiatri
  • psykiatribranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Persian روانپزشکی
  • روانپزشکی (ravân-pezeški)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Polish psychiatria
  • psychiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Portuguese psiquiatria
  • psiquiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Punjabi ਸਾਈਕੈਟਰੀ
  • ਸਾਈਕੈਟਰੀ (sāīkaiṭrī)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Romanian psihiatrie
  • psihiatriebranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Russian психиатри́я
  • психиатри́я (psixiatríja)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Scottish Gaelic leigheas-inntinn
  • leigheas-inntinnbranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Slovak psychiatria
  • psychiatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Spanish psiquiatría
  • psiquiatríabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Swahili saikatria
  • saikatriabranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Swedish psykiatri
  • psykiatribranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Thai จิตเวชศาสตร์
  • จิตเวชศาสตร์ (jìt-dtà-wêet-chá-sàat)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Turkish psikiyatri
  • psikiyatribranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Ukrainian психіатрі́я
  • психіатрі́я (psyxiatríja)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Vietnamese tâm thần học, khoa tâm thần
  • tâm thần họcbranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
  • khoa tâm thầnbranch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Yiddish פּסיכיאַטריע
  • פּסיכיאַטריע (psikhyatrye)branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Cite this entry
APA

psychiatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatry

MLA

“psychiatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychiatry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatry.

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