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study psychiatry
study 在此作及物动词，后接学科名称，表示“攻读/学习”。
She plans to study psychiatry at medical school.
她计划在医学院学习精神病学。
精神病学
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
精神病学
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
She plans to study psychiatry at medical school.
她计划在医学院学习精神病学。
医学分支,专注于心理和行为健康,通过主观诊断、治疗或预防精神障碍(精神疾病)和行为状况。
The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.
处理精神障碍诊断和治疗的医学分支
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
She decided to study psychiatry after volunteering at a mental health clinic.
在心理健康诊所做志愿者后，她决定学习精神病学。
Advances in psychiatry have improved the treatment of depression and anxiety.
精神病学的进步改善了抑郁症和焦虑症的治疗。
He chose psychiatry because he wanted to help people with severe mental illness.
他选择精神病学是因为他想帮助患有严重精神疾病的人。
study 在此作及物动词，后接学科名称，表示“攻读/学习”。
She plans to study psychiatry at medical school.
她计划在医学院学习精神病学。
specialize in 是固定搭配，后接专业领域，表示“以……为专业”。
After completing his residency, he decided to specialize in psychiatry.
完成住院医师培训后，他决定专攻精神病学。
介词 in 加学科名词，表示“在……领域”，常与 work、expert 等搭配。
She has worked in psychiatry for over ten years.
她在精神病学领域工作了十多年。
the field of + 学科名称，用于指整个研究领域。
The field of psychiatry has changed dramatically in recent decades.
近几十年来，精神病学领域发生了巨大变化。
Not this
You should see a psychiatry for your anxiety.
Use this
You should see a psychiatrist for your anxiety.
psychiatry 指精神病学这门学科，不是指医生。表示‘看精神科医生’要用指人的名词 psychiatrist。
Not this
She is studying psychology because she wants to become a psychiatrist.
Use this
She is studying psychiatry because she wants to become a psychiatrist.
psychology（心理学）和 psychiatry（精神病学）是不同学科：psychiatrist 是医学博士，需学医，因此想成为 psychiatrist 应学 psychiatry。不要把这两个中文易混的词用错。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
儿童精神病学
She specializes in child psychiatry.
她专攻儿童精神病学。
法医精神病学
Forensic psychiatry deals with mental disorders in legal contexts.
法医精神病学处理法律情境中的精神障碍。
临床精神病学
He has years of experience in clinical psychiatry.
他在临床精神病学方面有多年的经验。
精神病学系；精神科
She works in the department of psychiatry at the university hospital.
她在大学医院的精神科工作。
从事精神病学工作
He practices psychiatry in a small clinic.
他在一家小诊所从事精神病学工作。
精神病学教授
The professor of psychiatry gave a lecture on depression.
精神病学教授作了一场关于抑郁症的讲座。
精神病学正是它自称要治愈的那种疾病。
In 'The Manufacture of Madness', the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz wrote that psychiatry is the disease it professes to cure.
在《制造疯狂》一书中，精神科医生托马斯·萨兹写道：精神病学正是它自称要治愈的那种疾病。
Use psychiatry naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想psych-（心理）和-iatry（治疗）：心理疾病需要医生治疗，即精神病学。
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical education、clinical practice、healthcare discussion 该词是医学领域的标准术语，通常用于医疗、学术或正式讨论，日常交流中也可使用，但语气偏正式。
Podiatry (/pəˈdaɪətri/) genuinely rhymes with psychiatry: both have stressed /aɪ/ followed by /ətri/. Psychology (/saɪˈkɒlədʒi/) and psychiatric (/ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk/) are spelling lookalikes sharing 'psych', but they do not rhyme: psychology ends /-kɒlədʒi/ and psychiatric ends /-kiˈætrɪk/. Psalm (/sɑːm/) demonstrates the silent p in ps-, but its vowel is different.
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