psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trist 
sī-
plural psychiatrists
: a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
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His mother is a geriatric psychiatrist, according to a December New Yorker profile.
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Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, a psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut, has worked with LGBTQ+ youth for 20 years.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
In addition, a psychiatrist testified about how people kept in solitary confinement can become confused and delirious, and a forensic scientist took the stand and criticized how state investigators handled the examination of an unspent round found near the girls’ bodies, WTHR reported.
—Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, a psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut, has worked with LGBTQ+ youth for 20 years.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
In addition, a psychiatrist testified about how people kept in solitary confinement can become confused and delirious, and a forensic scientist took the stand and criticized how state investigators handled the examination of an unspent round found near the girls’ bodies, WTHR reported.
—Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Deathbed was about a 100-year-old man who had these memories of his youth and was talking to a psychiatrist for seniors.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Psychiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatrist. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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psychiatrist
noun
psy·chi·a·trist
sə-ˈkī-ə-trəst
sī-
sī-
: a physician specializing in psychiatry
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