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emotional disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

affective disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder

folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

clinical depression, depressive disorder, depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

manic disorder, mania - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

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