Psychiatry
(noun)
The branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
Origin:
Mid 19th century: via german from french psychiatrie, from greek psykhe "soul" + iatrikē "healing", from iatros "healer".
Examples:
- He is a specialist in psychiatry.
- She is a psychiatrist and studies mental health.
- He is a patient in a psychiatry clinic.
- Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness.
- The hospital has a large department of psychiatry.