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Mental disorder

noun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. Synonyms: disturbance, folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.

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... indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness. They are both equally unnatural and the result of mental disorder. A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer, of the man ...

— As a Man Thinketh • James Allen

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