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Meaning of "mental disorder" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENTAL DISORDER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENTAL DISORDER

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Mental disorder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MENTAL DISORDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life, and which is not developmentally or socially normative. Mental disorders are generally defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts, thinks or perceives. This may be associated with particular regions or functions of the brain or rest of the nervous system, often in a social context. Mental disorder is one aspect of mental health. The scientific study of mental disorders is called psychopathology. The causes of mental disorders are varied and in some cases unclear, and theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Services are based in psychiatric hospitals or in the community, and assessments are carried out by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and clinical social workers, using various methods but often relying on observation and questioning. Clinical treatments are provided by various mental health professionals.

Definition of mental disorder in the English dictionary

The definition of mental disorder in the dictionary is mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder, or any other disorder or disability of the mind.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENTAL DISORDER

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mental deficiency
mental disability
mental handicap
mental healer
mental healing
mental health
mental health care
mental home
mental illness
mental impairment
mental lexicon
mental reservation
mental retardation
mental strain

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENTAL DISORDER

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bipolar disorder
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in order
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mail order
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Synonyms and antonyms of mental disorder in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mental disorder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENTAL DISORDER

Find out the translation of mental disorder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mental disorder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mental disorder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精神障碍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trastorno mental
570 millions of speakers

English

mental disorder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानसिक विकार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

اضطراب عقلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психическое расстройство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

transtorno mental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানসিক ব্যাধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trouble mental
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

gangguan mental
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

psychische Störung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

精神障害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 장애
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangguan mental
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rối loạn tâm thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மன நோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानसिक बिघाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akli dengesizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disturbo mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaburzenia psychiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

психічний розлад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tulburare mintală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ψυχική διαταραχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geestelike versteuring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psykisk störning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psykisk lidelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mental disorder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL DISORDER»

The term «mental disorder» is regularly used and occupies the 60.588 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL DISORDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mental disorder

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QUOTES WITH «MENTAL DISORDER»

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Laura Schlessinger
Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENTAL DISORDER»

Discover the use of mental disorder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mental disorder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment
This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and offers new empirical and theoretical work that will pave the way for more accurate predictions of violent behavior.
John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman, 1996
2
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions
. .The president should demand one barrel of oil from Mexico for every illegal alien that sneaks into our country." The Doctor is in and the diagnosis is clear. Read Liberalism is a Mental Disorder and find out what you can do to treat it.
Michael Savage, 2005
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Autonomy and Mental Disorder
Would the standard distinction between moral and personal autonomy be applicable? Autonomy and Mental Disorder will be of interest to psychiatrists, philosophers, and forensic psychologists.
Lubomira Radoilska, 2012
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Mental Disorder in Canada: An Epidemiological Perspective
This is a must read for all who are interested in those types of disorders that cut sharply into quality of life and which deserve more public health attention than they often receive.'
John Cairney, David L. Streiner, 2010
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Mental Disorder, Work Disability, and the Law
This book will be of great value to scholars in law and the mental health professions and to policy makers and the administrators of disability programs.
Richard J. Bonnie, John Monahan, 1997
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Rethinking Risk Assessment : The MacArthur Study of Mental ...
Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and ...
Psychology John Monahan Henry and Grace Doherty Professor of Law, and Legal Medicine University of Virginia, Henry J. Steadman President Policy Research Associates, Eric Silver Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology Pennsylvania State University, 2001
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Children with Mental Disorder and the Law: A Guide to Law ...
This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility ...
Anthony Harbour, 2008
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Mental Disorder and Legal Control
Of reforming legislation and not a radical one.
Philip Bean, 1986
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Mental Disorder and Criminal Law: Responsibility, Punishment ...
The death penalty has long played a central role in jurisprudence, in terms of identifying the most serious offenses and the most culpable offenders, as well as understanding the mental conditions that may exclude an offender from such a ...
Robert Schopp, Richard L. Wiener, Brian H. Bornstein, 2008
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Models for Mental Disorder
Written by distinguished academic and Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry, and a now retired NHS consultant psychiatrist, this latest edition of Models for Mental Disorders reflects the significant changes in clinical practice and ...
Peter Tyrer, Derek Steinberg, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENTAL DISORDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mental disorder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Global Mental Disorder Now Hits 10% Of World Population -WHO …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of people currently suffering from various forms of mental disorder is now 10% of the ... «The Streetjournal, Jul 15»
2
Moray father fights council decision to deny autistic son blue badge …
... helping those most in need, but it could be extended to include people whose traffic awareness was inhibited by “diagnosed mental disorder” ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
3
Anxiety Disorders May Be Insufficiently Categorized, According To A …
Possible contributors to mental disorder development include the brain producing lower-than-normal levels of serotonin, a lack of receptor sites ... «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
4
Costello: Are we treating PTSD veterans the right way? | News - Home
... of PTSD are ineffective 100% of the time because -- and this is where Vieten goes rogue -- PTSD is not a mental illness or mental disorder. «KESQ, Jul 15»
5
Motherhood and Mental Illness in American Horror Story - Dread …
I could also argue that Constance has narcissistic personality disorder, which is defined by the Mayo Clinic as “a mental disorder in which ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
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'World's largest facilitator of child porn' risks having higher sentence …
... a mental disorder or that it was more explicable as being the unprincipled business activities of an international child pornographer," he said. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
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Mental health issue
"This means about 18,000 with severe mental disorder and about 61,000 with mild to moderate." He said despite the high number of possible ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
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Man convicted in death of brother to get a new trial | Montreal Gazette
His lawyer, Véronique Robert, said that in his address to the jury, Huot should have included the defence of mental disorder. «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
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Mental healthcare 50 times more accessible in wealthy countries
“They feel if they disclose that they have a mental disorder they will be discriminated against and somehow their value in the society will go ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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World Health Organization - Worldwide commonality for disorder …
Although one in ten people worldwide suffer from a mental disorder, a mere one percent of the global health workforce is in the field of mental ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»

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