📘psychiatry

noun
/saɪˈkaɪətri/

Meaning

the branch of medicine focused on the study and treatment of mental illness

Example Sentences

She decided to study psychiatry to help people with mental health issues.

Synonyms

mental health, psychotherapy, psychology, counseling, psychoanalysis

Antonyms

surgery, orthopedics

Collocations

study psychiatry, practice psychiatry, field of psychiatry, psychiatry department

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