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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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mental disorder
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to ...
amnesia
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma. Amnesia can also be caused temporarily by the use of various sedatives and hypnotic drugs. ...
anxiety disorder
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear, where anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current ...
autism
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. The ...
bipolar disorder
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as bipolar affective disorder, manic-depressive illness, or affective psychosis, is a mental illness characterized by periods of elevated mood and ...
borderline personality disorder
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) (called emotionally unstable personality disorder, emotional intensity disorder, or borderline type in the ICD-10) is a cluster-B personality ...
schizophrenia
Psychiatry; Mental disorder
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior and results in failure to recognize the realities. Common symptoms include false beliefs ...
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