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PSYCHIATRIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
Example:
psychiatric hospital
Synonyms:
psychiatric; psychiatrical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
psychiatry (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Derivation:
psychiatry (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Context examples:
Signs and symptoms include fever, headaches, vomiting, seizures and psychiatric manifestations.
(Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Too much or too little activation of the NMDA receptor channel has also been linked to several neurological and psychiatric disorders.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
In total, their analyses included nearly 37,000 people with schizophrenia and a control group of more than 113,000 people who did not have the condition—the largest GWAS to date of a psychiatric disorder.
(Over 100 Genetic Sites Tied to Schizophrenia, NIH)
A category of psychiatric disorders which includes disorders most commonly identified in infancy, childhood, or adolescence.
(Pediatric Psychiatric Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A category of psychiatric disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others.
(Impulse-Control Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.
(Hospital, NCI Thesaurus)
The disease has a progressive course with a decline in mental abilities, and the development of psychiatric problems.
(Huntington's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
These same brain systems are often dysregulated in addiction and other psychiatric conditions.
(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)
It is attributable to a medical etiology and excludes a primary psychiatric cause.
(Organic Brain Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by a deficit in cognition or memory.
(Cognitive Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
