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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Psychiatry

crack

Health care; Psychiatry

A kokacserjéből készült "pogácsából" magas hő hatására kipárolgó tiszta kokain. A krakk használata rövid idő alatt függőséghez vezet. Euforizáló hatása rendkívül gyorsan elillan és hamar helyére lép ...

narcotic

Health care; Psychiatry

A drug that causes insensibility or stupor. A narcotic induces narcosis, from the Greek "narke" for "numbness or torpor.

opiate

Health care; Psychiatry

A medication or illegal drug that is either derived from the opium poppy, or that mimics the effect of an opiate (a synthetic opiate). Opiate drugs are narcotic sedatives that depress activity of the ...

panic disorder

Health care; Psychiatry

A disorder characterized by sudden attacks of fear and panic. The episodes may resemble a heart attack. They may strike at any time and occur without a known reason but more frequently are triggered ...

paranoia

Health care; Psychiatry

The perception or suspicion that others have hostile or aggressive motives in interacting with them (for example, "they are out to get me"), when in fact there is no reason for these suspicions. ...

remission

Health care; Psychiatry

Disappearance of the signs and symptoms of cancer or other disease. When this happens, the disease is said to be "in remission." A remission can be temporary or permanent.

stress

Health care; Psychiatry

Stress is simply a fact of nature -- forces from the outside world affecting the individual. The individual responds to stress in ways that affect the individual as well as their environment. Hence, ...

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