psychiatric

psychiatric — adjective

1. connected with the medical study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions that af

1.形容詞B2
釋義

connected with the medical study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions that affect a person's mind, emotions, or behaviour

例句

Andrés was referred to a psychiatric hospital after the accident.

collocation: psychiatric hospital

The clinic offers psychiatric treatment for patients with severe depression.

collocation: psychiatric treatment

同義詞
  • mental

    broader and less clinical; can refer to any aspect of the mind, not only illness

  • psychological

    relates to the mind, emotions, and behaviour in general; not specifically medical

  • psychotherapeutic

    narrower; focuses on talk therapy and counselling rather than medical treatment

文法句型

psychiatric + noun

用法筆記

Frequently appears before nouns naming medical services (care, treatment, help), facilities (hospital, ward, unit), or professionals (nurse, doctor, team). Unlike psychological, which covers general mental processes and behaviour, psychiatric specifically refers to clinical care by qualified medical doctors.

常見錯誤

❌She has a psychiatric.
✅She has a psychiatric condition.
💡Psychiatric is an adjective; it must modify a noun.
❌He was admitted to a psychological ward.
✅He was admitted to a psychiatric ward.
💡Psychological covers general mental processes; psychiatric is specifically about medical treatment of mental illness.