mental illness
–noun
| any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis. |
Also called mental disorder, mental disease.
[Origin: 1960–65
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Mental disorder
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| mental disorder
n. See mental illness. |
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| mental illness
n. Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma. Also called emotional illness, mental disease, mental disorder. |
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| mental disorder | |
noun | |
| (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness |
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