psychiatrist
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5.1
- noun
- /saɪˈkaɪətrɪst/
- Specialized
:
psiquiatra
- If you are feeling overwhelmed, talking to a psychiatrist can provide you with helpful strategies.
- psychologists and psychiatrists
- physicians and psychiatrists
- clinical psychiatrist
OK, This is what psychiatrists call flight of ideas.
- OK, This is what psychiatrists call flight of ideas.
- She's a practicing psychiatrist, author and public speaker.
- John Mack, the Harvard psychiatrist, addressed it, you know, back in the day.
- So when I became a psychiatrist, I'm looking for imaging.
- So takes him down to the psychiatrist's office and he's talking to them.
- My mom, as you know, is a psychiatrist in Chicago.
- So let's go down those two paths, Psychiatrist and Zen priest.
- Then also, my psychiatrist has told me I had a death wish.
- And how do you tease that out as a psychiatrist?
- And I was in the end room and it was a psychiatrist there.
- Who do you want to see, counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist?
- And this is what psychiatrist call flight of ideas.
- There are pieces of these anti psychiatrists which are true.
Examples
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Some time ago, I sat next to a psychiatrist at a dinner party.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'll make an appointment with Dr. Reed, a new psychiatrist at the medical complex.
Fiction book (1990) -
You should see a psychiatrist, someone who can help you.
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My mom, as you know, is a psychiatrist in Chicago.
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Everything my husband said to me, the psychiatrist said to me.
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If you like, we can ask a staff psychiatrist to stop in to see you.
Fiction book (1993) -
Have you met my psychiatrist?
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That's what a psychiatrist does.
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She's a practicing psychiatrist, author and public speaker.
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I am a psychiatrist.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who treats sick or injured people
674
3.8
A doctor who finds what is wrong and treats sick or injured people
240
8.9
A doctor who helps people with their mental health
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8.9
A person who helps people with their feelings and thoughts
22
4.5
A health worker who treats patients directly
3
9.0
A person who helps people with mental or emotional problems
3
8.5
An informal word for a doctor who helps people with mental health problems
1
9.3
A doctor who treats mental health problems
How Formal
- Specialized
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5.1
309
4.2
508
3.7
- Slang
3
8.5
- Slang
240
8.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychiatrist = psychiatry (transparent) = psychiatry + ist
The agentive suffix '-ist' straightforwardly forms 'a person who practices psychiatry', so the relation to the base 'psychiatry' is clear.
Etymology
Psychiatrist comes from Greek parts psyche meaning 'mind' or 'soul' and -iatrist from iatros meaning 'doctor' or 'healer', and you can see psyche in psychology. So a psychiatrist is literally a 'doctor for the mind', which is why they help find and treat mental illnesses.