psychological medicine

psychological medicine
noun
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
• Syn: ↑psychiatry, ↑psychopathology
• Derivationally related forms: ↑psychopathological (for: ↑psychopathology), ↑psychopathologic (for: ↑psychopathology), ↑psychiatric (for: ↑psychiatry), ↑psychiatrical (for: ↑psychiatry), ↑psychiatrist (for: ↑psychiatry)
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• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty

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noun
1. : medicine studied or practiced from the standpoint of the patient as an individual : psychosomatics

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