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noun ADJ. leading, senior, top a leading child psychiatrist | consultant, research | child | forensic PHRASES the psychiatrist's couch the secrets revealed on the psychiatrist's couchDOCTOR (for verbs)
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a doctor who treats mental illness
psychiatrist
a doctor who is trained to treat people with mental illnesses:
• In order to become a psychiatrist, you first need a medical degree.
psychologist
a scientist who studies and is trained in psychology (= the study of the mind ):
• Many psychologists believe that aggression is a learned behaviour.
shrink
informal a humorous word for a psychiatrist
therapist
therapist a trained person whose job is to help people with their emotional problems, especially by talking to them and asking them to talk about their feelings
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