PSYCHIATRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychiatric mean? 

• PSYCHIATRIC (adjective)
  The adjective PSYCHIATRIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry

  Familiarity information: PSYCHIATRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHIATRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

psychiatric; psychiatrical

Context example:

psychiatric hospital

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 

It results in neurologic damage and can include abdominal pain, constipation and psychiatric manifestations.

(Hereditary Coproporphyria, NCI Thesaurus)

However, a significant number of people with depression do not respond to psychiatric medicine.

(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the brief psychiatric rating scale-A (BPRS-A) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire BPRS-A Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers could also see where genetic variations associated with various psychiatric disorders are located in the transporter.

(Serotonin transporter structure revealed, NIH)

Considering the significant involvement of inflammation in psychiatric and brain disorders, this study offers new insights into how inflammation affects the brain.

(Scientists Reveal How Inflammation Affects The Life of Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the brief psychiatric rating scale-A (BPRS-A) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire BPRS-A Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI 18) assessment gathers patient-reported data to help measure psychological distress and psychiatric disorders in medical and community populations.

(Brief Symptom Inventory 18, NCI Thesaurus)

This version consists of 18 questions or types of psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, hallucinations, motor skills, or other unusual behaviors and is completed during a semi-structured interview.

(Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale A Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Many psychiatric disorders show altered gene activity in the cortex, suggesting harmful changes during development of this region.

(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)

The human form of this gene variant, Met66BDNF, leads to a reduction in the normal function of BDNF in the brain and is associated with several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and depression.

(New study identifies gene variant linked to compulsive drinking, NIH)