mental disturbance

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mental disturbance - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illnessfolie, mental disorder, psychological disorder, disturbancepsychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disordersdisorder, 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 behavioranxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptompsychosomatic disorder - a mental disorder that causes somatic symptomsaberration - a disorder in one's mental stateconversion 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 hallucinationsdelusional disorder - any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant roleencopresis - involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illnessfolie 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 behavioraffective 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 predominantschizothymia - resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normalityneurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis - a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunctiondissociative disorder - dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down