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nonpsychiatric

nonpsychiatric

1 4.8
Not related to mental health care
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˌsaɪkɪˈætrɪk/
  • Specialized
: no psiquiátrico
  • The research focused on nonpsychiatric health issues that affect overall well-being.
  • nonpsychiatric physicians

Examples

  • Pancreatic cancer, heart attacks, strokes, thyroid problems, side effects of a host of nonpsychiatric medications, and even changes in exercise routines have all been clearly linked to the onset of depression in some individuals.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Whereas it is clear that psychiatric populations tend to be less healthy than nonpsychiatric populations, the reasons for the poor health status of the former are not well understood.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Conversely, the sensitivity index of the ADHD symptoms category in children referred for nonpsychiatric evaluation may be lower as a function of less severe symptomatology.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Mahard (1988) found that the CES-D accurately discriminated between Puerto Rican elderly psychiatric and nonpsychiatric patients who resided in the community.

    Academic text (1993)
  • However, Brems et al. (1993) also reported that the general characteristics of the drawings by transsexuals differed from psychiatric and nonpsychiatric controls (the transsexuals' drawings were of higher quality), although these were not statistically significant.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Nonpsychiatric treatments are often provided by general practitioners rather than specialists.

  • Patients seeking help for nonpsychiatric conditions may not require mental health evaluations.

Antonyms

psychiatric
  • Specialized
203 5.4

About the treatment of people with mental illness

Surface Forms

nonpsychiatric positive

Morphology

nonpsychiatric = psychiatric (transparent) = non + psychiatric

The adjective is formed by straightforward negation: 'non-' + 'psychiatric' = not psychiatric.

Etymology

Nonpsychiatric is built from non- meaning 'not', psyche meaning 'mind', and -iatric meaning 'medical care'. So nonpsychiatric means 'not related to the medical care of the mind', which is why it describes things that are not about mental health.