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Psychiatric theories refer to theories derived from the medical sciences, including neurology, and which, like other psychological theories, focus on the individual as the unit of analysis.
Psychiatrist refers to a medical doctor (M.D.); a physician with advanced training in treating people with psychological disorders.
A Psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. They can prescribe medication, which psychologists cannot do.
Psychiatry refers to the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
Deutsch: Psychische Determinismus / Español: Determinismo psíquico / Português: Determinismo psíquico / Français: Déterminisme psychique / Italiano: Determinismo psichico /
Psychic determinism refers to a major assumption of Freudian Theory that holds that everything one does has meaning and is goal directed.
Psychic Mass refers to the psychic equivalent to physical mass. It is defined here as intensity times psychic probability.
Psychic Probability is a term used by Carl Jung to denote the probability of archetypal activity as opposed to random chance.
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