Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Eating disorder

Psychology; Psychiatry

A group of conditions characterised by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and emotional health

Dissociation

Psychology; Psychiatry

A partial or complete disruption of the normal integration of a person's conscious or psychological functioning

Derealization

Psychology; Psychiatry

An alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal

Depth psychology

Psychology; Psychiatry

Seeks to explore underlying motives as an approach to various mental disorders, with the belief that the uncovering of these motives is intrinsically healing