Psychiatry

Psychiatry

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Contributors in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Amathophobia is known as the persistent and abnormal fear of dust. The cause of Amathophobia may vary from one person to another, and since no two persons are the same, most sufferers fall into one ...

amaxophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Amaxophobia is known as an abnormal and unwarranted fear of riding in a car. This fear may be due to two reasons: previous bad experience or due to poor socialization. Whatever the reason may be, ...

ambulophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Ambulophobia or fear of walking may have developed due to a link to the fear of control loss. This fear can be learned through observation, but more often than not, there is either a belief that the ...

amnesiphobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Amnesiphobia or fear of amnesia develops when one experiences episodic amnesia. He or she might have forgotten a significant event or period in one's life leading to the development of phobia or ...

agrizoophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Agrizoophobia is often defined as an abnormal, persistent and unwarranted fear of wild animals and every year, this surprisingly common phobia is starting to cause a lot of people needless distress. ...

agyrophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Agyrophobia or Dromophobia is considered a specific phobia which is an irrational and exaggerated fear that crossing the streets and roads can and will cause bodily harm to a sufferer, even if there ...

aichmophobia

Health care; Psychiatry

Aichmophobia is a specific phobia which is defined as an abnormal and morbid fear of sharp objects such as knives, needles, and pencils. This type of phobia is often mistaken for Trypanophobia which ...