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psychotherapy vs psychiatry

psychiatry vs psychotherapy

psychotherapy and psychiatry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
psychotherapy Yes No No No
psychiatry Yes No No No
As nouns, psychiatry is a hypernym of psychotherapy; that is, psychiatry is a word with a broader meaning than psychotherapy:
  • psychotherapy: the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
  • psychiatry: the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
Other hypernyms of psychotherapy include psychological medicine, psychopathology.
psychotherapy (noun) psychiatry (noun)
the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
Difference between psychotherapy and psychiatry

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