neurotic disorder
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neurotic — Relating to or suffering from a neurosis. See neurosis. * * * neu·rot·ic n(y)u̇ rät ik adj 1 a) of, relating to, or involving the nerves <a neurotic disorder> b) being a neurosis: NERVOUS <a neurotic disease> 2) affected with,… … Medical dictionary
disorder — n. lack of order 1) to throw into disorder 2) in disorder (to retreat in disorder) riot 3) violent disorders 4) disorders broke out ailment 5) a brain; circulatory; digestive, intestinal; mental; minor; neurotic; personality; respiratory disorder … Combinatory dictionary
disorder — A disturbance of function, structure, or both, resulting from a genetic or embryonic failure in development or from exogenous factors such as poison, trauma, or disease. adjustmen … Medical dictionary
neurotic depression — any depression that is not a psychotic depression (q.v.); used sometimes broadly to indicate any depression without psychotic features and sometimes more narrowly to denote only milder forms of depression, which would be diagnosed as dysthymic… … Medical dictionary
neurotic person — emotionally unstable person, person with a mental or emotional disorder … English contemporary dictionary
neurotic depression — noun a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic • Ant: ↑psychotic depression • Hypernyms: ↑depressive disorder, ↑clinical depression, ↑depression … Useful english dictionary
mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… … Universalium
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — OCD redirects here. For other uses, see OCD (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder. Obsessive–compulsive disorder Classification and external resources Repetitive handwashing is a common OCD sym … Wikipedia
Multiple complex developmental disorder — Not to be confused with Multisystem developmental disorder. Multiple complex developmental disorder is a research category, proposed to involve several neurological and psychological symptoms where at least some symptoms are first noticed during… … Wikipedia
Conduct Disorder — The medicalizing of persistent antisocial behavior on the part of children goes back to Cesare Lombroso and the degeneration theorists of the nineteenth century. (See Criminality and Psychiatry; Psychiatric Genetics: degeneration theory [1857] … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
