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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Coprolalia

Health care; Psychiatry

Coprolalia is the involuntary utterance of socially inappropriate phrases. It is a phonic tic associated with Tourette syndrome, although less than 15% of persons with Tourette's have coprolalia.

Déjà vu

Health care; Psychiatry

In Déjà vu, a person feels undue familiarity to an event or a person. For example, he feels that the same thing has happened before or he has met this person before, etc.

Déjà pensé

Health care; Psychiatry

In Déjà pensé, a completely new thought sounds familiar to the person and he feels as he has thought the same thing before at some time.

Defenestration

Health care; Psychiatry

Literally jumping out of window. Usually used in context of attempted or completed suicide. Also see autokabalesis.

Dhat

Health care; Psychiatry

In Dhat syndrome there is a complaint of premature ejaculation or impotence and a belief that semen is being passed in the urine.

Vorbeireden

Health care; Psychiatry

In vorbeigehen or vorbeireden, a patient will answer a question in such a way that one can tell the patient understood the question, although the answer itself may be very obviously wrong. For ...

Vorbeigehen

Health care; Psychiatry

In vorbeigehen or vorbeireden, a patient will answer a question in such a way that one can tell the patient understood the question, although the answer itself may be very obviously wrong. For ...

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