Definition of "health professional" [health professional]

• A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "“I continue to have some skepticism about the immediate role of the mental health professional in the acute drama, other than his or her role as a good citizen,” Wessely wrote."
• "“Animal-assisted therapy by definition includes a mental health professional who has developed a treatment plan and an animal that assists in the therapy.”"