Psychiatrie
English meaning: Psychiatry / Mental health medicine
German Definition
(Deutsch)Der Zweig der Medizin, der sich mit psychischen, emotionalen und Verhaltensstörungen befasst.
English Definition
The branch of medicine dealing with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Germany has been central to the development of modern psychiatry — Wilhelm Griesinger (biological psychiatry), Emil Kraepelin (classification of mental illness), and Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis (Vienna, culturally Germanic). German psychiatric tradition shaped global mental health care and diagnosis systems.
Example
“Kraepelins Klassifikation psychischer Krankheiten legte den Grundstein für die moderne Psychiatrie.”
In English: “Kraepelin's classification of mental illnesses laid the foundation for modern psychiatry.”
Synonyms
- Seelenheilkunde
- Nervenheilkunde
Literary Heritage
“Krankheit ist kein Makel, sie ist ein Ausdruck des Lebens.”
“Illness is not a stigma; it is an expression of life.”
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