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Psychiatry

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.

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disposophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Disposophobia (pathological hoarding or compulsive hoarding) is the excessive acquisition of possessions (and failure to use or discard them), even if the items are worthless, ...

dysmorphophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Dysmorphophobia is a (psychological) somatoform disorder in which the affected person is excessively concerned about and preoccupied by a perceived defect in his or her physical ...

emetophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Emetophobia is an intense, irrational fear or anxiety pertaining to vomiting.

ergophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Ergophobia also called Ergasiophobia, is an abnormal and persistent fear (or phobia) of work, finding work or functioning, ergophobia may also be a subset of either social phobia ...

epistaxiophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Epistaxiophobia is defined as the fear of nosebleeds.

erotophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

An abnormal fear of love, especially sexual feelings and their physical expression.

erythrophobia

Psychiatry; Phobias

Erythrophobia (or facial blushing) is an interesting clinical and psychological phenomenon and is a psychosomatic disorder. It has been associated with embarrassment in both men ...

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