noun
psychiatry; psychiatric department
Refers to the medical field of psychiatry or the hospital department where mental health is treated.
彼は精神科の医者を目指している。
He is aiming to become a psychiatrist.
総合病院の精神科を受診した。
I visited the psychiatric department at the general hospital.
神経科 is an older term for psychiatry, now largely replaced by 精神科 in modern usage.
Compound of 精神 (mind, spirit) and 科 (department, field of study). The term follows the standard pattern for medical specialties in Japanese.