maladie mentale

Definitions of maladie mentale
  1. noun
    any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
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    antonyms:
    santé mentale
    the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
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    mégalomanie
    a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
    aliénation, démence, folie
    relatively permanent disorder of the mind
    psychose
    any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
    folie, folie périodique
    obsolete terms for legal insanity
    irrationalité
    the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
    aliénation mentale, dérangement
    a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
    paranoïa
    a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
    schizophrénie
    any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
    type of:
    état mental, état psychologique
    (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
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