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. William Eaton:

   Mostly, if you take somebody with a mental disorder -- anxiety, depression, schizophrenia -- and look at their rate of inflammation, it's likely to be higher. There's likely to be inflammatory cytokines involved in that disorder, and we don't understand why.

2. 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.

3. Grant Duwe:

   Typically what we see with those who carry out a mass public shooting is that they do suffer from a mental disorder, in some cases it’s diagnosable, or there’s some information from friends and family that indicates they suffered from mental illness.

4. Isaiah Joel Peoples:

   Absolutely Isaiah Joel Peoples are disputing that this was an intentional act and this is a case of mental disorder.

5. Arthur Koestler:

   If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self-destruction.