relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
"psychiatric disorder"
"psychiatric hospital"
Of, or relating to, psychiatry.
"The psychiatric department at the hospital specializes in treating severe mental illnesses."
In plain English: Psychiatric means relating to mental health conditions and how doctors treat them with therapy or medicine instead of surgery.
"The patient was admitted to the psychiatric ward for evaluation after experiencing severe hallucinations."
The word psychiatric comes from combining the root of psychiatry with a suffix that means "relating to." It entered English as an adjective describing things connected to the field of mental health treatment.