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Definition of Mental illness
1. Noun. Any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
Generic synonyms: Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State
Specialized synonyms: Megalomania, Insanity, Psychosis
Antonyms: Mental Health
Derivative terms: Psychopathic
Definition of Mental illness
1. Noun. The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole. ¹
2. Noun. A mental disorder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mental illness
1. A broadly inclusive term, generally denoting one or all of the following: 1) a disease of the brain, with predominant behavioural symptoms, as in paresis or acute alcoholism; 2) a disease of the "mind" or personality, evidenced by abnormal behaviour, as in hysteria or schizophrenia; also called mental or emotional disease, disturbance, or disorder, or behaviour disorder, any psychiatric illness listed in Current Medical Information and Terminology of the American Medical Association or in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See: behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mental Illness
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