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Psychological vs Psychiatry - What's the difference?

psychological | psychiatry |

As an adjective psychological

is of or pertaining to psychology.

As a noun psychiatry is

(medicine) the branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.

psychological

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to psychology.
  • I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
    The film was a dark psychological thriller.
  • Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
  • Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.

    Derived terms

    * psychological warfare * psychologically * psychomological

    psychiatry

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.
  • Derived terms

    * psychiatric * psychiatrist

    See also

    * psychopathology English words prefixed with psych-