Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

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unipolar depression

Health care; Psychiatry

Unaccompanied by episodes of mania or hypomania, as in major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder; the term is sometimes used to denote the former specifically.

necrophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

The abnormal fear of death or dead things (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins). Necrophobia is derived from Greek nekros (νεκρος) for "corpse" and -phob- for ...

hallucination

Health care; Psychiatry

False or distorted perception of objects or events with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or drug.

nicotine poisoning

Health care; Psychiatry

Toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine.

A catecholamine with multiple roles including as a hormone and a neurotransmitter. As a stress hormone, norepinephrine affects parts of the brain, such as the amygdala, where attention and responses ...

opiats

Health care; Psychiatry

The narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, as well as many semisynthetic chemical derivatives of such alkaloids.

Stockholm syndrome

Health care; Psychiatry

The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in hostages who exhibit empathy and loyalty towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them, in spite of the danger ...