Another word for mental illness

Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely

• alienation

  1. The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement:
  2. Emotional isolation or dissociation.
  3. The act of transferring property or title to it to another.

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  1. The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement:
  2. Emotional isolation or dissociation.
  3. The act of transferring property or title to it to another.

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• aberration

  1. A deviation from what is considered proper or normal.
  2. A departure from what is typical:
  3. A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.

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  1. A deviation from what is considered proper or normal.
  2. A departure from what is typical:
  3. A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.

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• mania

  1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire:
  2. A manifestation of bipolar disorder, marked usually by high energy, racing thoughts, irritability, and rapid speech.

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  1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire:
  2. A manifestation of bipolar disorder, marked usually by high energy, racing thoughts, irritability, and rapid speech.

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• unbalance

  1. To upset the balance of; cause to become unsteady.
  2. To upset the stability or equilibrium of:
  3. To cause (a person or the mind) to be unbalanced.

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  1. To upset the balance of; cause to become unsteady.
  2. To upset the stability or equilibrium of:
  3. To cause (a person or the mind) to be unbalanced.

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• psychopathy

  1. Mental disorder, especially antisocial personality disorder.

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  1. Mental disorder, especially antisocial personality disorder.

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• madness

  1. The condition of being mentally deranged.
  2. Great folly:
  3. Enthusiasm; excitement:

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  1. The condition of being mentally deranged.
  2. Great folly:
  3. Enthusiasm; excitement:

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• lunacy

  1. Mental derangement; craziness:
  2. Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
  3. Great or wild foolishness:

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  1. Mental derangement; craziness:
  2. Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
  3. Great or wild foolishness:

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• insanity

  1. Severe mental illness or derangement. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
  2. Unsoundness of mind sufficient to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or sufficient to warrant commitment to a mental health facility.
  3. 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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  1. Severe mental illness or derangement. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
  2. Unsoundness of mind sufficient to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or sufficient to warrant commitment to a mental health facility.
  3. 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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• insaneness

  1. insanity; madness
  2. 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.

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  1. insanity; madness
  2. 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.

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• disturbance

  1. The act of disturbing:
  2. The condition of being disturbed:
  3. Something that disturbs, as a commotion, scuffle, or public tumult.

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  1. The act of disturbing:
  2. The condition of being disturbed:
  3. Something that disturbs, as a commotion, scuffle, or public tumult.

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• derangement

  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

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  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

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• dementia

  1. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.

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  1. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.

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• craziness

  1. (uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
  3. (countable) The result or product of being crazy.

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  1. (uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
  3. (countable) The result or product of being crazy.

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• brainsickness

  1. The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness

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  1. The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness

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