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==Origin==

==Origin==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1828]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1828]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*: a branch of [[medicine]] that deals with [[mental]], [[emotional]], or [[behavioral]] disorders   

*a branch of [[medicine]] that deals with [[mental]], [[emotional]], or [[behavioral]] disorders   

==Description==

==Description==

'''Psychiatry''' is the [[medical]] specialty [[devoted]] to the [[study]] and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, [[behavioural]], [[cognitive]] and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Reil Johann Christian Reil] in 1808, and [[literally]] means the 'medical treatment of the [[mind]]' (''psych''-: [[mind]]; from Ancient Greek ''psykhē'': [[soul]]; -iatry: medical treatment; from Gk. ''iātrikos'': medical, ''iāsthai'': to [[heal]]). A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry is a psychiatrist.

'''Psychiatry''' is the [[medical]] specialty [[devoted]] to the [[study]] and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, [[behavioural]], [[cognitive]] and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Reil Johann Christian Reil] in 1808, and [[literally]] means the 'medical treatment of the [[mind]]' (''psych''-: [[mind]]; from Ancient Greek ''psykhē'': [[soul]]; -iatry: medical treatment; from Gk. ''iātrikos'': medical, ''iāsthai'': to [[heal]]). A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry is a psychiatrist.