psychological disorder

/ˌˈsaɪkəˌˈlɑdʒəkəl dɪˌsɔrdər/

Other forms: psychological disorders

Definitions of psychological disorder

1. noun

   (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
   synonyms: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance

   types:

   Asperger's syndrome

   a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior

   anxiety disorder

   a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

   psychosomatic disorder

   a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms

   aberration

   a disorder in one's mental state

   conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction

   a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

   delirium

   a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

   delusional disorder

   any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role

   encopresis

   involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

   folie a deux

   the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)

   personality disorder

   inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior

   affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder

   any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

   schizothymia

   resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality

   neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis

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

   dissociative disorder

   dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

   GAD, anxiety reaction, generalized anxiety disorder

   an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

   obsessive-compulsive disorder

   an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors

   panic disorder

   an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief

   phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis

   an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations

   PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder

   an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images

   glove anesthesia

   a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist

   maladjustment

   difficulty coping or functioning well in a situation or environment

   antisocial personality disorder, psychopathic personality, sociopathic personality

   a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

   schizoid, schizotypal personality

   characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia

   clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder

   a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

   mania, manic disorder

   a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

   bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis

   a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

   hysteria, hysterical neurosis

   neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions

   anxiety neurosis

   characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear

   depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis

   emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness

   fugue, psychogenic fugue

   dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

   multiple personality, split personality

   a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

   type of:

   disorder, upset

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