Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Belle Indifference

Health care; Psychiatry

A mental state characterised by a lack of concern and an indifference about a disability or symptom and is seen in hysteria or dissociative disorders.

Catalepsy

Health care; Psychiatry

Catalepsy is the term for catatonic rigidity of the limbs which often results in abnormal posturing for long intervals.

Left-right disorientation

Health care; Psychiatry

Left-Right disorientation is one of the four cardinal signs of Gerstmann's syndrome.

Scanning speech is an ataxic dysarthria in which syllable durations are equalized. It is characteristic of the dysarthria of multiple sclerosis. Together with nystagmus and intention tremor it forms ...

Retardation

Health care; Psychiatry

Mental retardation is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating, taking care of him or herself, and social skills. For children, ...

Sensitiver beziehungswahn

Health care; Psychiatry

Sensitiver beziehungswahn, is an alternate term for ideas of reference. In this the person thinks as people are talking about him or observing him or a talk is going on about him on television or ...

Reflex hallucination

Health care; Psychiatry

Is when a veridical perception in one modality produces a hallucination in another, e.g. seeing a doctor writing (visual) and then feeling him writing across one's stomach (tactile).