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Psychiatry
The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders
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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 ...
