psychiatry | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,psychiatry) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | |
Synonyms: | psychological_medicine psychopathology | |
Related terms: | medicine psychotherapy defense mental_disorder denial autism confabulation expansive regression anorexia_nervosa confabulate analyze acting_out intellectualisation resistance idealization projection rationalization compensation repression conversion paramnesia major_depressive_episode displacement echolalia overcompensation reaction_formation isolation suppress | |
Similar spelling: |
psychiatric psychiatrist psychiatrical Psychodidae Psocidae psychedelia psychotic psychodid Psychotria |