- psychiatrist
- A medical doctor who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
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psychiatrist — *neurologist, alienist, psychopathologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst … New Dictionary of Synonyms
psychiatrist — [n] person who treats mental disorders analyst, clinician, doctor, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink*, therapist; concept 357 … New thesaurus
psychiatrist — ► NOUN ▪ a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness … English terms dictionary
psychiatrist — [sī kī′ə trist, sikī′ə trist] n. a doctor of medicine specializing in psychiatry after postgraduate training … English World dictionary
Psychiatrist — For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). Psychiatrist Occupation Names Psychiatrist, Alienist (archaic) Activity sectors Medicine > Psychiatry … Wikipedia
Psychiatrist — A physician (an M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. Psychiatrists must receive additional training and serve a supervised residency in their specialty. They may also have additional training in a… … Medical dictionary
psychiatrist — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ leading, senior, top ▪ a leading child psychiatrist ▪ practising/practicing ▪ consultant (esp. BrE), research … Collocations dictionary
psychiatrist — [[t]saɪka͟ɪ͟ətrɪst, AM sɪ [/t]] psychiatrists N COUNT A psychiatrist is a doctor who treats people suffering from mental illness. Alex will probably be seeing a psychiatrist for many months or even years … English dictionary
psychiatrist */ — UK [saɪˈkaɪətrɪst] / US [sɪˈkaɪətrɪst] noun [countable] Word forms psychiatrist : singular psychiatrist plural psychiatrists a doctor who treats people with mental illnesses … English dictionary
psychiatrist — See psychiatrist, psychologist … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
psychiatrist — noun he s been seeing a psychiatrist for several years Syn: psychotherapist, psychoanalyst; informal shrink, head doctor … Thesaurus of popular words
