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orthopsychiatry
1. The division of psychiatry concerned with mental hygiene, prevention of mental disorder, and early detection of developmental deviations.
2. The branch of psychiatry concerned with mental and emotional development.

It encompasses child psychiatry and mental hygiene.

This entry is located in the following unit: ortho-, orth- (page 7)
orthopsychiatry
1. A branch of psychiatry concerned especially with the prevention of mental or behavioural disorders.
2. A cross-disciplinary science combining child psychiatry, pediatrics, developmental psychology, and family care devoted to the discovery, prevention, and treatment of mental and psychological disorders in children and adolescents.
This entry is located in the following units: iatro-, iater-, -iatria, -iatric, -iatrician, -iatrics, -iatrist, -iatry; -iatricians, -iatrists, -iatries + (page 6) psych-, psycho-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical, -psychically (page 4)