a physician who practices psychiatry.

noun

disorders analyst , clinician , doctor , psychoanalyst , psychologist , psychotherapist , shrink * , [[therapistnotes:a clinical psychologist has a phd or psyd and has completed an internship and a psychiatrist is a medical doctor who is specializing in mental disorders; psychotherapist is a generic term for anyone who provides psychological therapy while a psychoanalyst provides psychoanalytic therapy (as through free association and dream analysis]] , and must have a master\'s) , analyst , shrink , therapist