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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

A neurologist and a psychiatrist who examined Linton weeks after the crash said she suffered a seizure in the moments leading up to the wreck and completely lost control of the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

What saved me was reaching out to friends, family and finally a psychiatrist who helped me slow everything down.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Troubled by feeling so depressed, so detached from life, Ellsberg started seeing Dr. Lewis Fielding, a psychiatrist, four days a week.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

There’s a lack of programs — we need more therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and doctors who are versed in helping people who are deaf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

A 2020 study published in British medical journal The Lancet claimed there were only 500 qualified child psychiatrists in the country, and many of them were based in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Their new, higher rents meant that they'd have to cut back on their spending, to work longer hours, or try to wean themselves off their costly psychiatrists.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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