Psychiatrie

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See also: psychiatrie

German

Etymology

Coined by German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808 (originally in the form Psychiaterie). By surface analysis, psycho- +‎ -iatrie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /psyçi̯aˈtʁiː/, , , (quadrisyllabic pronunciation is unusual in practice)
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  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: Psy‧chi‧a‧trie or Psych‧ia‧trie

Noun

Psychiatrie f (genitive Psychiatrie, plural Psychiatrien)

  1. psychiatry
    Synonym: Seelenheilkunde
  2. mental hospital

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References

  1. ^ Reil, Johann Christian (1808) “Über den Begriff der Medicin und ihre Verzweigungen, besonders in Beziehung auf die Berichtigung der Topik der Psychiaterie [On the term of medicine and its branches, especially with regard to the rectification of the topic of psychiatry]”, in Beyträge zur Beförderung einer Kurmethode auf psychischem Wege [Contributions to the advancement of a treatment method by way of the psyche]‎, Halle, page 161
  2. ^ Andreas Marneros (2008 July) “Psychiatry's 200th birthday”, in The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 193, number 1, pages 1–3
  3. ^ Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D, Karl Schaller, M.D., Hans Clusmann, M.D. (2007 November) “The seminal contributions of Johann-Christian Reil to anatomy, physiology, and psychiatry”, in Neurosurgery, volume 61, number 5, →PMID, pages 1091–1096

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