Anticipation

1) The tendency in certain genetic disorders for individuals in successive generations to present at an earlier age and/or with more severe manifestations; often observed in ...

anticipation

Psychology; Psychiatry

An emotion involving pleasure (and sometimes anxiety) in considering some expected or longed-for good event.

anticipation

Games; Chess

The unintentional copying of a starting position in a chess problem developed by a newer puzzlemaster.

psychoanalysis

Health care; Psychiatry

A school of psychology and a method of treating mental disorders.

psychosomatic disorder

Health care; Psychiatry

One of the most common psychiatric disorders found in general practice. It is a condition of dysfunction or structural damage in bodily organs through inappropriate activation of ...

psychotherapy

Health care; Psychiatry

An intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a or in problems of living. Also known as the treatment of people diagnosed with mental and ...

instinct

Health care; Psychiatry

Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

suicide

Health care; Psychiatry

The deliberate taking of one's own life.

alcoholism

Health care; Psychiatry

Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use will bring on withdrawal symptoms. In popular and therapeutic parlance, the term may also be used to refer ...