Psychiatrist barely escaped highly competitive environment (6)
I believe the answer is:
jungle
'competitive environment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'psychiatrist barely escaped' is the wordplay.
'psychiatrist' becomes 'jung' (I have seen 'Swiss psychiatrist ' mean 'jung' so perhaps 'psychiatrist' could also mean 'jung').
'barely' indicates the central letters (the word is bare of its external letters).
'escaped' becomes 'flew' (I've seen this in another clue).
The central letters of 'flew' are 'le'.
'jung'+'le'='JUNGLE'
'highly' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jungle that I've seen before include "Tarzan's home" , "Impenetrable equatorial forest" , "Dense tropical forest" , "Deep tropical forest" , "Tangled vegetation" .)