adj

psychiatric

seye-kee-AT-rihk

adj

Relating to psychiatry, the medical treatment of mental illness.

"He was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after the breakdown."

How to Use Psychiatric

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishHaving to do with diagnosing or treating mental illness medically.

Common pairings

psychiatric hospital psychiatric care psychiatric disorder psychiatric evaluation

psychiatrics plural

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He was admitted to a _____ hospital after the breakdown.

From psychiatry plus the adjective suffix -ic.

geriatric pediatric