psychological disorder

1. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;
   A more neutral term than mental illness (synset 114107272)
   referred to in: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
   is a type of: disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance

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