Alienist is an archaic term for a psychiatrist or psychologist. Despite falling out of favor by the middle of the twentieth century, it received renewed attention when used in the title of the 1994 novel The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Although currently not often used, the term `alienist` is still used in psychiatric hospitals to describe those men..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienist
Alienist: The term 'alienist' was heading for obsolescence until it was returned to a position of some prominence by the 1994 book 'The Alienist' by the historian/novelist Caleb Carr. The story of 'The Alienist' starts In New York City in March 1896 when reporter John Schuyler Moore is called to the East River by his old Harvard classmate and frien... Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6991