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Definition of "psychiatric hospital" []

  • A hospital for the care and treatment of patients affected with acute or chronic mental illness. Also called mental hospital. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "psychiatric hospital" in a sentence
  • "Because a visit to the children’s unit of a psychiatric hospital can be intense, Dr. Joshi recommends that sibling visits be conducted in the hospital cafeteria or in a place similarly secluded from the stark realities of life on the unit."