psychiatric hospital
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3.0
- noun
- /ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk ˈhɒspɪtl/
:
hospital psiquiátrico
- The psychiatric hospital provides specialized care for patients with mental health issues.
- state psychiatric hospital
- inpatient psychiatric hospital
- psychiatric hospital for treatment
I work at one of the best psychiatric hospitals in the world.
- I work at one of the best psychiatric hospitals in the world.
- They then send him to a psychiatric hospital where he's drugged.
- And the second time she gave us sock puppets and socko drama because she was, you know, a patient of a psychiatric hospital.
- They did like some psych tests on me and I wound up in a psychiatric hospital for for a while.
- And sometimes I was shuttling back and forth the same day between the psychiatric hospital and Lockwood and the and the university campus.
Examples
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I'm calling from the Holland County psychiatric hospital.
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I spent some time in a psychiatric hospital.
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And you were treated in a psychiatric hospital after the incident.
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Maybe then we can release her probably straight to a psychiatric hospital.
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You spent 6 months in a psychiatric hospital.
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Am I in a psychiatric hospital?
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It's either you or commitment to a psychiatric hospital for at least six months.
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I work at one of the best psychiatric hospitals in the world.
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They put her in a psychiatric hospital for a couple years.
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Tristan says he became psychotic and ended up in a psychiatric hospital for several weeks.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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5.6
A hospital for people with mental illness or intellectual disability who need long-term care
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7.5
A hospital where people with mental health problems get care
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3.6
A hospital that cares for people who have serious problems with their mind
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2.8
A hospital where doctors help people with problems of the mind
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6.1
A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness
How Specialized
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3.0
964
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hospital specializing in the treatment of people with mental health disorders' is directly and transparently built from 'psychiatric' (relating to mental disorders) modifying 'hospital' (a medical facility). This modifier+noun composition is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase psychiatric hospital comes from the words psychiatric, which means care for the 'mind', and hospital, which means a 'place' to treat illness. Imagine a building where doctors treat people's minds like other illnesses, and that's why the phrase means 'a hospital that treats mental health problems'.