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mental illness
n.
Any of various disorders characterized by impairment of an individual's thoughts, emotions, or social functioning, including schizophrenia and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder.
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mental illness
n
(Pathology) any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people
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men′tal ill′ness
n.
any of various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis. Also called men′tal disor′der, men′tal disease`.
[1960–65]
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men·tal illness
(mĕn′tl) Any of various disorders or diseases characterized by abnormal patterns of thought and behavior.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" megalomania - a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted mental health - the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment |
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mental illness
nounSerious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:
brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, psychopathy, unbalance.
Psychiatry: mania.
Psychology: aberration, alienation.
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