Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Erotomania

Health care; Psychiatry

The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the pathologically obsessive pursuit of a disinterested object of love. Erotomania can be a ...

The extravagant and conspicuous behaviour intended to attract attention to yourself the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals. Also known as flashing, is behaviour ...

Alcoholism

Health care; Psychiatry

Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use will bring on withdrawal symptoms. In popular and therapeutic parlance, the term may also be used to refer to ingrained drinking ...

Sleeping pill

Health care; Psychiatry

A soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule). Their primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia and in surgical anesthesia.

Nervous system

Health care; Psychiatry

An organ system containing a network of specialised cells called neurons that coordinate the actions and transmit signals between different parts of the body. The nervous system consists of two ...