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psychiatric deluge

psychiatric deluge noun: the dominating influence on social work of ideas from psychoanalysis.

Noun

the psychiatric deluge

  1. The dominating influence on social work of ideas from psychoanalysis.

Origin of psychiatric deluge

Coined by Kathleen Woodroofe in her book From charity to social work in England and the United States.

Questions about psychiatric deluge

What does psychiatric deluge mean?
Psychiatric deluge means the dominating influence on social work of ideas from psychoanalysis.
What part of speech is psychiatric deluge?
Psychiatric deluge is a noun.

Words near psychiatric deluge in the dictionary

  1. Psychiana
  2. psychiater
  3. psychiaters
  4. psychiatria
  5. psychiatric
  6. psychiatric deluge
  7. psychiatric hospital
  8. psychiatric hospitals
  9. psychiatric nurse
  10. psychiatric nurses
  11. psychiatric ward

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