— orthopsychiatric /awr'thoh suy'kee a"trik/ , orthopsychiatrical , adj. — orthopsychiatrist , n.
/awr'thoh si kuy"euh tree, -suy-/ , n.
an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, esp. of young people.
[ 1920-25; ORTHO- + PSYCHIATRY ]