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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Contributors in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Guilt

Psychology; Psychiatry

A cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person realises or believes—accurately or not—that he or she has violated a moral standard, and bears significant responsibility for that ...

Frustration

Psychology; Psychiatry

An emotional response to opposition, related to anger and disappointment; it arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfilment of individual will

Envy

Psychology; Psychiatry

An emotion that occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it

Doubt

Psychology; Psychiatry

A status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision

Forgiveness

Psychology; Psychiatry

The process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, and/or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution

Forensic psychology

Psychology; Psychiatry

The intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system

Evaluation

Psychology; Psychiatry

Systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards

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