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adjective
- 1. relating to mental illness or its treatment: "a psychiatric disorder"
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Branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of deleterious mental conditions. These include various matters related to mood, behaviour, cognition, perceptions, and emotions. Initial psychiatric assessment of a person begins with creating a case history and conducting a mental status examination. Physical examinations, psychological tests, and laboratory ... Wikipedia