# psychiatric

Pronunciation: US say "sy-kee-AT-rik" /ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/; UK

## Adjective

1. Relating to the medical field concerned with mental disorders and their treatment.
   - Simple: Relating to the medical care and treatment of mental illness.
   - _After the assessment, he was referred for psychiatric treatment._
   - _The court ordered a full psychiatric evaluation before sentencing._

## Noun

2. A person who has a psychiatric or mental disorder. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A person who has a mental illness.
   - _The asylum admitted three new psychiatrics that winter._
   - _Each psychiatric received a daily visit from the attending doctor._

## Origin

Formed from "psychiatry" with the suffix "-ic," or alternatively from "psych-" combined with "-iatric."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/psychiatric (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).