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A psychiatrist is an individual that is proficient in the field of psychiatry.

Doctor Leonard McCoy told Edith Keeler during his visit to 1930 that he was "a surgeon, not a psychiatrist" when she asked if he wished to see James T. Kirk, after he told Keeler he was from the future as well. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")

Doctor Helen Noel was a psychiatrist aboard the USS Enterprise who had a background in rehabilitative therapy. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")

While discussing how Hikaru Sulu had time to start a family, namely having his daughter Demora, Montgomery Scott told Kirk that "if something's important, you make the time." Scott following by asking Kirk if he was so restless during the dedication of the USS Enterprise-B because he was "finding retirement a little lonely?" Disheveled by Scotty's comment, Kirk responded stating, "with that kind of tact, I'm glad you're an engineer, you'd make a lousy psychiatrist." (Star Trek Generations)

Psychiatrists

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