Synonyms for mental disorder
men·tal dis·or·der

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1. mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folienoun

   (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, disturbance, folie, upset, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, disruption, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, affray, hoo-hah

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   • Psychiatry

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mental disorder

   Synonyms:
   Mental illness

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1. George DuPaul:

   You have the usual challenges that are associated with the growing independence of adolescents and the need for independence, but at the same time, a need for structure, you have that tension that you have under typical conditions ... interwoven with symptoms of a mental disorder. It exacerbates both things.

2. Christoph Correll:

   I was most surprised by the fact that the majority of youth receiving antipsychotics did not have a mental disorder diagnosis.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Psychology is more concerned with identifying the degree of mental disorder and less with its cure!”

4. Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org:

   Narcissist: a person who is more confident than other people think he should be. Narcissism: a mental disorder that prevents one from reaching the celebrated status of victim.

5. John Delatorre:

   People can easily be convinced that they have a rare disorder based only on what they see on social media, similar to those who strictly adhere to comments about astrological signs, the general nature of describing the symptoms of a mental disorder can make it so that people will apply that generality to their own behaviors.