Synonyms for psychiatry
sɪˈkaɪ ə tri, saɪ-psy·chi·a·t·ry

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1. psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicinenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   psychological medicine, abnormal psychology, psychopathology

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1. List of paraphrases for "psychiatry":

   psychiatric, psych, psychiatrist

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1. Daniel Smith:

   It's an exciting time for this kind of research because it's beginning to have some real-world applications, and from my point of view as a psychiatrist, I think it's probably under-recognized in psychiatry how important healthy circadian function is, but it's an area that we're trying to develop.

2. Sigmund Freud:

   We are certainly getting ahead if I am Moses, then you are Joshua and will take possession of the promised land of psychiatry, which I shall only be able to glimpse from afar.

3. Christian Joyal:

   The adjective `abnormal’ is judgmental, i don’t think it should appear in a psychiatry manual.

4. Robert Whitaker:

   There is a story that psychiatry doesn’t dare tell, which shows that our societal delusion about the benefits of psychiatric drugs isn’t entirely an innocent one. In order to sell our society on the soundness of this form of care, psychiatry has had to grossly exaggerate the value of its new drugs, silence critics, and keep the story of poor long-term outcomes hidden.

5. Sigmund Freud, Letter to Carl Jung, January 17, 1909:

   We are certainly getting ahead; if I am Moses, then you are Joshua and will take possession of the promised land of psychiatry, which I shall only be able to glimpse from afar.