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social psychiatry

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social psychiatry [′sō·shəl sī′kī·ə·trē]
(psychology)
Psychiatry especially concerned with the study of social influences on the cause and dynamics of emotional and mental illness, the use of the social environment in treatment, and preventive community programs, as well as the application of psychiatry to social issues, industry, law, education, and other such activities and organizations.


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``Women are better at expressing how they feel and at taking care of themselves,'' said Sorel, who is also the president of the World Association for Social Psychiatry.
 
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