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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Psychiatry

Necrophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

The abnormal fear of death or dead things (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins). Necrophobia is derived from Greek nekros (νεκρος) for "corpse" and -phob- for ...

Hallucination

Health care; Psychiatry

False or distorted perception of objects or events with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or drug.

Somnambulism

Health care; Psychiatry

A sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during the ...

Somnambulism

Health care; Psychiatry

A sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during the ...

Instinct

Health care; Psychiatry

Inborn pattern of behaviour often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

Psychoanalysis

Health care; Psychiatry

A school of psychology and a method of treating mental disorders.

Psychosomatic disorder

Health care; Psychiatry

One of the most common psychiatric disorders found in general practice. It is a condition of dysfunction or structural damage in bodily organs through inappropriate activation of the involuntary ...

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