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Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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Psychiatry

acrophobia

Psychology; Psychiatry

An extreme or irrational fear of heights

perception

Psychology; Psychiatry

The process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information

consciousness

Psychology; Psychiatry

Subjective experience, awareness, the ability to experience feeling, wakefulness, the understanding of the concept "self"

cognitive dissonance

Psychology; Psychiatry

An uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously

reason

Psychology; Psychiatry

A mental or ability found in humans, that is able to generate conclusions from assumptions or premises

behaviour therapy

Psychology; Psychiatry

An approach to psychotherapy based on learning theory which aims to treat psychopathology through techniques designed to reinforce desired and eliminate undesired behaviours

psychotherapy

Psychology; Psychiatry

An intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a client or patient in problems of living

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