Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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neuralgia

Health care; Psychiatry

Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles that persists beyond one month. The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia. This occurs when the pain associated with ...

enuresis

Health care; Psychiatry

The inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination.

erotomania

Health care; Psychiatry

The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the pathologically obsessive pursuit of a disinterested object of love. Erotomania can be a ...

The extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals. Also known as flashing, is behavior by ...

addiction

Health care; Psychiatry

Addiction is a complex brain disease involving altered function of reward and motivation systems. It includes substance abuse as well as behavioural problems such as abuse of gambling and video ...

pancreas

Health care; Psychiatry

Pancreas: A fish-shaped spongy grayish-pink organ about 6 inches (15 cm) long that stretches across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the ...