mental disorder

mental disorder

n.

See mental illness.

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Noun

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mental disorder - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" Asperger's syndrome - a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior anxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom psychosomatic disorder - a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms aberration - a disorder in one's mental state conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction - a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) delirium - a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations delusional disorder - any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role encopresis - involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness folie a deux - the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife) personality disorder - inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant schizothymia - resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis - a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction dissociative disorder - dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down