#mental_disorder__mental_disturbance__disturbance__psychological_disorder__psychologicaldisorder__folie  (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
  supertype:  #disorder.state__upset  condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
  subtype:  #anxiety_disorder__anxietydisorder  a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
     subtype:  #generalized_anxiety_disorder__generalizedanxietydisorder__GAD__anxiety_reaction__anxietyreaction  an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
     subtype:  #panic_disorder__panicdisorder  an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief
     subtype:  #phobia__phobic_disorder__phobic_neurosis  an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
        subtype:  #agoraphobia  a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
        subtype:  #simple_phobia  any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
           subtype:  #acrophobia  a morbid fear of great heights
           subtype:  #algophobia  a morbid fear of pain
           subtype:  #aquaphobia  a morbid fear of drowning
           subtype:  #astraphobia  a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
           subtype:  #claustrophobia  a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
           subtype:  #cryophobia  a morbid fear of freezing
           subtype:  #hydrophobia  a fear of drinking liquids because swallowing is so painful (as with persons having rabies)
           subtype:  #hypnophobia  a morbid fear of falling asleep
           subtype:  #mysophobia  a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
           subtype:  #neophobia  a morbid fear of novelty
           subtype:  #nyctophobia  a morbid fear of night or darkness
           subtype:  #phobophobia  a morbid fear of developing a phobia
           subtype:  #photophobia  a morbid fear of light
           subtype:  #pyrophobia  a morbid fear of fire
           subtype:  #taphephobia  a morbid fear of being buried alive
           subtype:  #thanatophobia  a morbid fear of death
           subtype:  #triskaidekaphobia  a morbid fear of the number 13
           subtype:  #zoophobia  a morbid fear of animals
              subtype:  #acarophobia  a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms
              subtype:  #ailurophobia  a morbid fear of cats
              subtype:  #cynophobia  a morbid fear of dogs
              subtype:  #entomophobia  a morbid fear of insects
              subtype:  #lepidophobia  a morbid fear of snakes
              subtype:  #musophobia  a morbid fear of mice
        subtype:  #social_phobia  any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
           subtype:  #androphobia  a morbid fear of men
           subtype:  #gynophobia  a morbid fear of women
           subtype:  #satanophobia  an abnormal fear of Satan
           subtype:  #school_phobia  a child's sudden fear of attending school
           subtype:  #traumatophobia  a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
           subtype:  #xenophobia  an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
     subtype:  #posttraumatic_stress_disorder__PTSD  an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images
        subtype:  #battle_fatigue__combat_fatigue__combat_neurosis__shell_shock__shellshock  a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
  subtype:  #psychosomatic_disorder__psychosomaticdisorder  a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms
  subtype:  #aberration  a disorder in one's mental state
  subtype:  #conversion_disorder__conversion_reaction__conversion_hysteria  a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
     subtype:  #glove_anesthesia__gloveanesthesia  a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist; "since no combination of nerves serve this area a glove anesthesia is clearly psychogenic in origin"
  subtype:  #delirium  a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
  subtype:  #delusional_disorder  any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role
  subtype:  #encopresis  involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
  subtype:  #folie_a_deux__folieadeux  the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
  subtype:  #personality_disorder__personalitydisorder  inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
     subtype:  #maladjustment  the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability
     subtype:  #antisocial_personality_disorder__sociopathic_personality__psychopathic_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; `antisocial personality disorder' is currently the preferred term)
     subtype:  #schizotypal_personality  characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
  subtype:  #major_affective_disorder__majoraffectivedisorder__affective_disorder__affectivedisorder__emotional_disorder__emotionaldisorder__emotional_disturbance__emotionaldisturbance  any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
     subtype:  #depressive_disorder__clinical_depression__depression  a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
        subtype:  #agitated_depression  a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness
        subtype:  #anaclitic_depression__anacliticdepression  severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute
        subtype:  #dysthymia__dysthymic_depression__dysthymicdepression  mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"
        subtype:  #endogenous_depression  a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause
        subtype:  #exogenous_depression__exogenousdepression__reactive_depression  an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)
        subtype:  #major_depressive_episode  (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
           subtype:  #involutional_depression  a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric
           subtype:  #unipolar_depression  a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder
        subtype:  #neurotic_depression  a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic
        subtype:  #psychotic_depression__psychoticdepression  a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
        subtype:  #retarded_depression  a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action
     subtype:  #manic_disorder__manicdisorder__mania  a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
        subtype:  #craze__delirium__frenzy__fury__hysteria  state of violent mental agitation
           subtype:  #nympholepsy  a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
     subtype:  #bipolar_disorder__bipolardisorder__manicdepression__manicdepressiveillnes__manic-depressive_psychosis  a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
        subtype:  #cyclothymia__cyclothymic_disorder__cyclothymicdisorder__cyclic_disorder  a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
  subtype:  #schizothymia  resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality
  subtype:  #neurosis__neuroticism__psychoneurosi  a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
     subtype:  #hysterical_neurosis__hysteria  neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
        subtype:  #anxiety_hysteria__anxietyhysteria  a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis
        subtype:  #hysterocatalepsy  hysteria with cataleptic symptoms
     subtype:  #anxiety_neurosis  characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear
  subtype:  #dissociative_disorder  dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
     subtype:  #depersonalization_disorder__depersonalizationdisorder__depersonalization__depersonalisation__depersonalisation_disorder__depersonalisationdisorder__depersonalization_neurosis__depersonalisation_neurosis  emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
     subtype:  #psychogenic_fugue__psychogenicfugue__fugue  dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates 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
     subtype:  #split_personality__splitpersonality__multiple_personality  a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

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