Alienism is an obsolete term for

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...

, the study and treatment of mental illnesses. In the early 20th century this term was replaced by that of

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

. Alienism or alienist may also refer to: * ''Alienist'' (album), a 2016 album by the avant-garde music group Psychic TV *''

The Alienist ''The Alienist'' is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, inc ...

'', a 1994 crime novel by Caleb Carr ** ''The Alienist'' (TV series), a 2018 U.S. period drama based on the 1994 novel *" O alienista" (translated as "The Psychiatrist" then "The Alienist"), a satiric novella written by the Brazilian author Machado de Assis ** ''The Alienist'' (film), a 1970 Brazilian comedy based on the novella

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