Mental disorder

Mental disorder

Mental disorder is an absence or loss of mental health.

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Aftercare

Psychiatry; Mental disorder

Long-term surveillance as an adjunct or supplement to formal medical treatment of those who are chronically sick.

Aftercare

Psychiatry; Mental disorder

Long-term surveillance as an adjunct or supplement to formal medical treatment of those who are chronically sick.

Psychiatrist

Psychiatry; Mental disorder

A qualified practitioner of psychiatry; a person who treats mental illness,emotional disturbance,etc.

A mental condition that renders the sufferer of a disability genuinely and continually unaware that they are suffering from an impairment. In extreme cases, the patients of anosognosia may be unaware ...

Zoosadism

Psychiatry; Mental disorder

Zoosadism is a term coined by Ernest Borneman referring to the pleasure derived from cruelty to animals. Zoosadism is part of the Macdonald triad, a set of three behaviours that are a precursor to ...

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Psychiatry; Mental disorder

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a rare inherited disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT), produced by mutations in the HPRT gene located on (the) ...