mental illness

Noun
  1. Any disease of the mind;
    The psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention (synset 114403545)
    is a type of: 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
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: mental disease, psychopathy

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