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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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hydrophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Hydrophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of water. It is a specific phobia that involves a level of fear that is beyond the patient's control or that may interfere with ...
ablutophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Ablutophobia (from Latin ablutere 'to wash off") is the persistent, abnormal and unwarranted fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning. This phobia is a situational specific phobia. ...
achluophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Fear of the dark. The fear of the dark is a common fear among children and to a varying degree is observed for adults. Fear of the dark is usually not fear of the darkness itself, ...
acousticophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Acousticophobia, or Phonophobia is a fear of loud sounds. It can also mean a fear of voices, or a fear of one's own voice. For example, listening to a CD that starts with a minute ...
agoraphobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where it is perceived to be difficult or embarrassing to escape. These situations can include, but are ...
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