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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So can asking the right questions, says Dr. Monika Roots, a psychiatrist who’s co-founder and president of Bend Health, which provides pediatric mental-health care.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Based on the Stanislaw Lem novel that also inspired Andrei Tarkovsky’s towering 1972 film, this new Solaris starred George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a psychiatrist who travels to a remote space station orbiting the planet Solaris.
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Ravishingly shot if stills are anything to go by, turns on Alex, a psychiatrist relocated with his family by top Silicon Valley high-tech company Fuzhipin to a remote town in Mexico’s Chiapas.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Starring Kelsey Grammer as his beloved Cheers psychiatrist, the new iteration of the series launched in 2023 with 10 episodes and found Frasier moving from Seattle to Boston to bond with his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Based on the Stanislaw Lem novel that also inspired Andrei Tarkovsky’s towering 1972 film, this new Solaris starred George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a psychiatrist who travels to a remote space station orbiting the planet Solaris.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Ravishingly shot if stills are anything to go by, turns on Alex, a psychiatrist relocated with his family by top Silicon Valley high-tech company Fuzhipin to a remote town in Mexico’s Chiapas.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Starring Kelsey Grammer as his beloved Cheers psychiatrist, the new iteration of the series launched in 2023 with 10 episodes and found Frasier moving from Seattle to Boston to bond with his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Psychiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychiatrist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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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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