Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Industry: Health care

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Consciousness

Psychology; Psychiatry

Subjective experience, awareness, the ability to experience feeling, wakefulness, the understanding of the concept "self"

Reason

Psychology; Psychiatry

A mental or ability found in humans, that is able to generate conclusions from assumptions or premises

Behaviour therapy

Psychology; Psychiatry

An approach to psychotherapy based on learning theory which aims to treat psychopathology through techniques designed to reinforce desired and eliminate undesired behaviours

Psychotherapy

Psychology; Psychiatry

An intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a client or patient in problems of living

Groupthink

Psychology; Psychiatry

A type of thought within a deeply cohesive in-group whose members try to minimise conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas