Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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logorrhoea

Health care; Psychiatry

Logorrhoea, also known as "volubility," is characterized by a patient's fluent and rambling speech using numerous words.

narcissism

Psychology; Psychiatry

The personality trait of egotism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness

narcissism

Psychology; Psychiatry

The personality trait of egotism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness

folie à deux

Health care; Psychiatry

Also called induced psychosis, folie à deux is a delusional disorder shared by two or more people who are closely related emotionally. One has real psychosis while the symptoms of psychosis are ...

cognitive dissonance

Psychology; Psychiatry

An uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously

Couvade syndrome

Health care; Psychiatry

Couvade syndrome is one of the men experience some of the same symptoms and behavior of an individual's condition. Most often includes minor weight gain, changes in hormone levels, nausea in the ...