Definition of Mental disorder
1. Noun. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Disorder, Upset
Specialized synonyms: Asperger's Syndrome, Anxiety Disorder, Psychosomatic Disorder, Aberration, Conversion Disorder, Conversion Hysteria, Conversion Reaction, Delirium, Delusional Disorder, Encopresis, Folie A Deux, Personality Disorder, Affective Disorder, Emotional Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Major Affective Disorder, Schizothymia, Neurosis, Neuroticism, Psychoneurosis, Dissociative Disorder
Definition of Mental disorder
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mental disorder
1. A psychological syndrome or behavioural pattern that is associated with either subjective distress or objective impairment. See: mental illness, behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Mental disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Nearly one in three American adults will experience a mental disorder during his or her lifetime. Moreover, approximately 1.7 to 2.4 million Americans ..."
2. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"showed that over half (53 percent) of individuals who have a lifetime diagnosis of a drug use disorder also have a lifetime diagnosis of a mental disorder. ..."
3. Outlines of Psychiatry by William Alanson White (1915)
"The predisposing causes are made up of those conditions existing within the individual and which render him liable to the development of mental disorder ..."
4. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1854)
"Illustrations of this mental disorder. Dr. Rush, in his valuable work on the Diseases of the Mind, ... It accurately illustrates this mental disorder. ..."
5. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"A person is defined with a lifetime prevalence of a mental disorder if he or she has ever experienced the disorder during his/her life span. ..."
6. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"Yet we know the mental disorder would not have become manifest had the brain ... Every mental disorder requires for its production a reciprocal influence, ..."