1846, from French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria, literally "a healing of the soul," from Latinized form of Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + iatreia "healing, care" (see -iatric).
例文
1. Psychiatry is an accepted branch of medicine.
精神病学は公認の医学枝である。
2.The condition is practically unknown outside psychiatry clinics.
この病気は病院の精神科を除いてほとんど知られていない。
3.A physician is someone who specializes in psychiatry .
精神病専門家は精神病治療を専門とする人である。
4. Psychiatry has the character of interdiscipline.
精神病学は学際的な性質を持っている。
5.The concept of transference was formally brought into psychiatry by Sigmund Freud.