Emotional disturbance and Psychological disorder

Emotional disturbance

Emotional disturbance noun - Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant.

Psychological disorder and emotional disturbance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Psychological disorder" instead a noun phrase "Emotional disturbance".

Psychological disorder

Psychological disorder noun - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness.

Emotional disturbance and psychological disorder are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Emotional disturbance" with "Psychological disorder", this phrases are similar.
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Psychological disorder and Emotional disturbance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/emotional_disturbance/psychological_disorder
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