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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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