THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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behavioral therapy
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humanistic therapy
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psychoanalysis
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cognitive therapy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one’s fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.
Detailed explanation-2: -Here are the consequences of biting your nails: It can increase your risk of infection around the nail, especially if you bite at your cuticle or the soft tissue around it. It can harm your teeth. It can spread germs on your hands and fingers to your mouth, increasing your risk of getting sick.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, categorizes chronic nail biting as other specified obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), classified in the same group as compulsive lip biting, nose picking, and hair pulling (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).