Psychiatry Medical Terminology Guide (English & Spanish)

A clear, practical, and bilingual psychiatry reference designed for today’s healthcare learners and professionals.Psychiatry is one of the most communication-sensitive areas of medicine, where accurately discussing thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and safety concerns is essential to patient care. Medical Terminology Guide: Psychiatry Edition was created to support nursing students, nurses, medical assistants, physicians, interpreters, and allied health professionals who work with Spanish-speaking patients in mental health settings.This guide includes 200+ essential psychiatry terms and patient-focused communication phrases presented in a clean, modern, easy-to-read format. Each entry features the English term, its Spanish equivalent, and a simple phonetic pronunciation to support clear and confident communication for non-Spanish-speaking staff.Whether you’re assessing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, hallucinations, mood changes, — or explaining evaluations, medications, therapy plans, and safety instructions — this guide keeps the psychiatric vocabulary you need readily accessible during both clinical training and real-world practice. Read more