MENTAL ILLNESS Synonyms

• an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies

• retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence

• marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal

• behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

• a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

• a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

• a cause of great suffering and distress

• an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

• a state at a particular time

• an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

• a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

• an illness, disease, or other medical problem

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

• establish a conditioned response

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

• put into a better state

• apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny

• a state of mental disturbance and disorientation

• the act of disturbing the mind or body

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

• the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

• deviate behavior

• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

• a condition in which things are not in their expected places

• a disturbance of the peace or of public order

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• bring disorder to

• activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

• an unhappy and worried mental state

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• a noisy fight

• the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

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

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group

• a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

• lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

• an unstable order

• unreliability attributable to being unstable

• a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

• the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

• obsolete terms for legal insanity

• an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

• a feeling of intense anger

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

• any unwholesome or desperate condition

• impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

• a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

• any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

• any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention