mental disturbance

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mental disturbance - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

folie, mental disorder, 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

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The result was that when, late in the night, he locked himself in his room his brain was full of odd fancies; he was on the high road to mental disturbance. He lay down on his bed in the dark, still brooding over the mystery of the closed trunk.

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And I also am feeling some unpleasant consequences of too much mental disturbance," said Mr.

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When they coughed, they coughed like people accustomed to be forgotten on doorsteps and in draughty passages, waiting for answers to letters in faded ink, which gave the recipients of those manuscripts great mental disturbance and no satisfaction.

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It was evident that he was undergoing some process of mental disturbance, and knowing how his past moods had interpreted things seemingly foreign to himself, I thought I would enter into his mind as well as I could and go with him

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Her complexion partook of the pure monotony of tint which characterized her hair -- it was of the same soft, warm, creamy fairness all over, without a tinge of color in the cheeks, except on occasions of unusual bodily exertion or sudden mental disturbance. The whole countenance -- so remarkable in its strongly opposed characteristics -- was rendered additionally striking by its extraordinary mobility.

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And before his companion could reply he had managed to swing himself up and over the fence; March followed without much bodily effort, but with considerable mental disturbance. The poplars grew so close against the fence that they had some difficulty in slipping past them, and beyond the poplars they could see only a high hedge of laurel, green and lustrous in the level sun.

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Challenging behaviour and/or mental disturbance requiring, for example, one-to-one supervision from a healthcare professional.

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The case had been adjourned after Graham Cliff, defending, asked for pre-sentence and psychiatric reports to be prepared, amid concerns Lees was suffering from "some kind of mental disturbance".

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Very Groundhog Day in its return to the hospital bed and the shifting what-if structure and suitably ambiguous in its mix of supernatural and mental disturbance, despite the gay best friend cliche this was nicely acted, cleverly wrought and emotionally gripping stuff.

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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has displayed five of nine symptoms of 'mental disturbance,' according to a psychologist who assessed her fitness based on allegations aired throughout a 15-week hearing by the House justice committee on a complaint for her impeachment.