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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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chronophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Chronophobia is described by Pamela Lee as the fear of time. There are three categories of phobia including agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific phobias which includes ...
coprophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Coprophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers of coprophobia experience anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. They go out ...
dendrophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Dendrophobia, also known as Hylophobia, Xylophobia or Ylophobia, is a psychological disorder defined by an irrational fear of wood, forest or trees.
dentophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Dental fear refers to the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care. A severe form of this fear (specific phobia) is variously called dental phobia, odontophobia, ...
descendophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Descendophobia (from Latin, which mean "go down") belongs to types of dizziness and space orientation disorders and is described as discomfort sensations while going down the hill ...
dromophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Dromophobia, or Agyrophobia is a case of specific phobia, the irrational fear that crossing roads will cause bodily harm to oneself, even if no actual threat is posed. This phobia ...
ebulliophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Ebulliophobia is the fear of bubbles. The type of bubble depends on the individual. Different forms of bubbles include but are nor limited to soap bubbles, children’s bubbles made ...
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