#alienist

• Alienist — A historical medical term used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to designate a physician specializing in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses (the historical equivalent of today's psychiatrist). As an adjective, it describes a field, clinical method, or asylum institution directly related to the medical and legal management of individuals lacking mental discernment.
• Alienist — The feminine form of the term alienist; a female physician specialized in the treatment of mental illnesses according to the medical nomenclature of past centuries. As an adjective, it agrees in gender and number with feminine nouns, describing a practice, an early psychiatric expertise, or a school of clinical thought focused on the study of mental alienation.