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Phenylketonuria refers to the inherited inability to metabolize phenylalanine, leading to mental retardation unless the afflicted person stays on a strict low-phenylalanine diet throughout childhood.
Phi phenomenon refers to the Illusion that a light is moving from one location to another. The Phi phenomenon is caused by flashing two (2) lights on and off at a certain rate.
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Philippe Pinel (1745 - 1826) he is one among the first, in modern times, to view people with mental illness as sick people rather than criminals, beasts, or possessed individuals. In the Asylums of which he was in charge, Pinel ordered that patients be unchained and treated with kindness in a peaceful atmosphere. Pinel was also responsible for many innovations in the treatment and understanding of mental illness.
- Philo (ca. 25 B.C. to A.D. 50) : Philo refers to a Neoplatonist who combined Jewish theology with Plato's philosophy. Philo differentiated between the lower Self (the body) and a spiritual self, which is made in God's imag
Philodox refers to someone who loves his or her own opinion; a dogmatic person.