psychiatry
(-ˈaɪətrɪ)
[f. Gr. ψῡχή psyche + ἰατρεία healing, medical treatment (f. ι{alenismac}τρός healer). Cf. mod.F. psychiatrie (1867 in Littré).]
The medical treatment of diseases of the mind.
| 1846 in Worcester, citing Monthly Rev. 1862 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. & Surg. 167 Reports in Psychiatry. 1886 A. B. Bruce Mirac. Element Gosp. v. 183 A problem in psychology and psychiatry. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 May 1092 The intervention of psychiatry in the reform of criminals. |