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psychiatrist

[si-kahy-uh-trist, sahy-] / sɪˈkaɪ ə trɪst, saɪ- /


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Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nidal Hasan, a U.S.-born Muslim who worked at the base as a psychiatrist, was sentenced to death in 2013 by a jury of fellow officers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Linton’s defense has centered on expert testimony from a neurologist and a psychiatrist who say Linton had a seizure before the crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

However, her psychiatrist testified for the prosecution that Clancy did not show signs of psychosis during their sessions, while another psychiatrist noted that the condition was not currently recognised by the American Psychiatric Association.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect butterflies. I'll show you my collection some day.”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

The symptoms of FTD speak directly to questions of consciousness that have been investigated and debated by neurologists and psychiatrists for more than a century, and by philosophers for far longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Several psychiatrists diagnosed Coronado with postpartum psychosis and, like Clancy, she had the support of her husband and family.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

However, there is still a major shortage of medical psychiatrists specialising in children and adolescents.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Tan, who said alleged possessions are often accompanied by symptoms of psychosis, insisted Philippine psychiatrists were not seeking to "compete with the Catholic Church", but rather to bridge the gap between culture and science.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Seven hundred years ago—or it may have been fifteen hundred according to Malory’s notation-—people took dreams as seriously as the psychiatrists do today, and Lancelot’s had been a disturbing one.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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