Mental illness synonyms
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troubled mind
unbalanced mind
A mood disorder characterized usually by anhedonia, extreme sadness, poor concentration, sleep problems, loss of appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
disturbed mind
A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder, especially when occurring suddenly and marked by depression. Not in scientific use.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Mental derangement; insanity
loss of mind
A major mental disorder of unknown cause typically characterized by a separation between the thought processes and the emotions, a distortion of reality accompanied by delusions and hallucinations, a fragmentation of the personality, motor disturbances, bizarre behavior, etc., often with no loss of basic intellectual functions
The property of being deranged.
Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
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Great or wild foolishness:
Mental illness. No longer in clinical use.
Loss of cognitive abilities, including memory, concentration, communication, planning, and abstract thinking, resulting from brain injury or from a disease such as Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.
The definition of a disturbance is an interruption of what should be going on, or a bothersome intrusion.
Enthusiasm; excitement:
nervous disorder
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Paranoia is a mental disorder with delusions or extreme irrational fear or distrust of others.
personality-disorder
Any of a group of psychiatric disorders in which a person's abnormal self-perception or ability to relate to others results in undesirable behaviors and interferes with normal social and emotional functioning.
Psychosis is a serious mental disorder in which a person has impaired views of reality and whose personality is very disorganized.
sick mind
unsoundness of mind
The condition of being unbalanced; imbalance
An excessive, persistent enthusiasm, liking, craving, or interest; obsession; craze
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sane (related)
The condition of having a sound and rational mind; being mentally healthy and having the ability to distinguish right from wrong. In all jurisdictions, being sane is presumed, and it is up to the defense to prove the contrary to be true. Synonymous with sanity. See also insanity and insanity defense.
mental disease
any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
mental-health (antonym)
A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.
Any of the various diseases affecting the mind onset by brain damage or genetics described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems sections 290 through 319.
mental sickness
A psychological state characterized by excessive anxiety or insecurity, compensated for by various defense mechanisms and lacking evidence of neurologic or other organic disease. No longer used in psychiatric diagnosis.
An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
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(Uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
Find another word for mental illness. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mental illness, like: troubled mind, emotional disorder, unbalanced mind, depression, disturbed mind, brainsickness, nervous-breakdown, insaneness, alienation, loss of mind and schizophrenia.