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Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.
Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...
Registered nurse Susan Kane drew blood from Ramirez's arm and noticed an ammonia-like smell coming from the tube. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] [ self-published source ] [ 3 ] Kane passed the tube to Julie Gorchynski, a medical resident , who noticed manila-colored (yellow-brown) crystalized particles floating in the blood.
Historically, smelling salts have been used on people feeling faint, [3] [4] [5] or who have fainted. They are usually administered by others but may be self-administered. Smelling salts are often used on athletes who have been dazed or knocked unconscious to restore consciousness and mental alertness. [1]
Clinical vampirism, more commonly known as Renfield's syndrome, is an obsession with drinking blood.The earliest presentation of clinical vampirism in psychiatric literature was a psychoanalytic interpretation of two cases, contributed by Richard L. Vanden Bergh and John. F. Kelley. [1]
I passed out, and should have frozen, but someone found me, saved me, and I woke up in the hospital and then spent a few days in the psychiatric wing. I learned about other people who always fantasized about suicide—we already said “suicidal ideation” back then—and I learned the crucial fact that they won’t release you until you learn ...
The term "odour of sanctity" appears to have emerged in the Middle Ages, at a time when many saints were raised to that status by acclamation of the faithful. In the absence of carefully written records, either by or about the individual, evidence of a saintly life was attested to only by personal recollections of those around him or her.
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