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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Contributors in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Dementia

Psychology; Psychiatry

Denotes an excessive or exclusive concern with oneself; and as such it exceeds mere self interest or self concern

Short-term memory

Psychology; Psychiatry

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time

Self-awareness

Psychology; Psychiatry

The awareness that one exists as an individual being

Schizophrenia

Psychology; Psychiatry

A mental disorder characterised by a disintegration of the process of thinking and of emotional responsiveness

Recall

Psychology; Psychiatry

In memory it refers to the retrieval of events or information from the past

Resentment

Psychology; Psychiatry

The experience of a negative emotion felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done

Personality test

Psychology; Psychiatry

Aims to describe aspects of a person's character that remain stable throughout that person's lifetime, the individual's character pattern of behavior, thoughts, and feelings

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