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Mental disorder

noun

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

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"Mental disorder" Quotes from Famous Books

... cover up the traces of mental disorder with which the atmosphere is strewed do not deceive him. There has been, let us say, a ripple on the waters of perfect agreement. Come! ...

— They and I • Jerome K. Jerome

... however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country—a letter from him—which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply. The Ms. gave evidence of nervous agitation. The writer spoke of acute bodily illness, of a mental disorder which oppressed him, and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best, and indeed his only, personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation of his malady. It was the manner in which all this, and much more, was said—it was the apparent heart that ...

— Short-Stories • Various

... so peculiar to the Middle Ages, and which, happily for mankind, has yielded to an improved state of civilization and the diffusion of popular instruction, accounts for the origin and long duration of this extraordinary mental disorder. The good sense of the people recoiled with horror and aversion from this heavy plague, which, whenever malevolent persons wished to curse their bitterest enemies and adversaries, was long after used as a malediction.[63] The indignation also that was felt by the people ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

... form is taken by the mental disorder resulting from stammering, such cases are almost invariably found to have long since passed into the incurable stage, although positive statements as to the individual's condition should not be made, as a rule, without a thorough ...

— Stammering, Its Cause and Cure • Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue

Words linked to "Mental disorder" : psychosomatic disorder, psychopathology, anxiety disorder, delirium, conversion disorder, emotional disturbance, dissociative disorder, psychoneurosis, major affective disorder, conversion reaction, disorder, affective disorder, neurosis, upset, personality disorder, conversion hysteria, delusional disorder, psychological medicine, aberration, neuroticism, folie a deux, encopresis, Asperger's syndrome, psychiatry, schizothymia, emotional disorder