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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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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 ...
psychotherapy
Health care; Psychiatry
An intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a or in problems of living. Also known as the treatment of people diagnosed with mental and ...
instinct
Health care; Psychiatry
Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
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 ...
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.
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