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orthopsychiatry|ɔːθəʊsaɪˈkaɪətrɪ|
[f. ortho- + psychiatry.]
A branch of psychiatry concerned especially with the prevention of mental or behavioural disorders. Hence orthopsychiˈatric a., orthopsyˈchiatrist.
1924Survey (N.Y.) 15 Aug. 536/1 ‘Straightness of Spirit’—interpreting this title literally—is the goal toward which the recently organized Association of American Orthopsychiatrists will bend their efforts. 1930(title) American journal of orthopsychiatry. A journal of human behavior (American Orthopsychiatric Association). 1956O. Pollak Integrating Sociol. & Psychoanal. Concepts iii. ix. 221 A field as energetic and imbued with the spirit of experimentation in practice as orthopsychiatry. 1971E. M. Bower Orthopsychiatry & Educ. 17 (heading) The challenge to education and orthopsychiatry. |