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postpsychiatry

postpsychiatry noun: a postmodern approach to psychiatry that focuses on solving patients' life problems rather than curing a pathological condition.

Noun

postpsychiatry (uncountable)

  1. A postmodern approach to psychiatry that focuses on solving patients' life problems rather than curing a pathological condition.

Origin of postpsychiatry

From post- + psychiatry.

Questions about postpsychiatry

What does postpsychiatry mean?
Postpsychiatry means a postmodern approach to psychiatry that focuses on solving patients' life problems rather than curing a pathological condition.
What part of speech is postpsychiatry?
Postpsychiatry is a noun.

Words near postpsychiatry in the dictionary

  1. postprosthetic
  2. postprotocristid
  3. postprotocristids
  4. postpsychedelic
  5. postpsychiatric
  6. postpsychiatry
  7. postpsychoanalytic
  8. postpsychosis
  9. postpsychotic
  10. postpuberal
  11. postpuberally

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