rampage
violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
| immunological disorder | a disorder of the immune system |
sleep terror disorder
pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
| disorder upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder, everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time |
| functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
| organic disorder | disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ |
acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
| eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
attention deficit disorder
ADD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADHD
hyperkinetic syndrome
minimal brain dysfunction
minimal brain damage
MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
| bladder disorder | a disorder of the urinary bladder |
| degenerative disorder | condition leading to progressive loss of function |
glandular disease
gland disease
glandular disorder
adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
learning disorder
learning disability | a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills |
food poisoning
gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
idiopathic disease
idiopathic disorder
idiopathy | any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause |
monogenic disorder
monogenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |
polygenic disorder
polygenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once |
mental disorder
mental disturbance
disturbance psychological disorder
folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
| metabolic disorder | a disorder or defect of metabolism |
nervous disorder
neurological disorder
neurological disease | a disorder of the nervous system |
brain disorder
encephalopathy
brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
kidney disease
renal disorder
nephropathy
nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
respiratory disease
respiratory illness
respiratory disorder | a disease affecting the respiratory system |
genetic disease
genetic disorder
genetic abnormality
genetic defect
congenital disease
inherited disease
inherited disorder
hereditary disease
hereditary condition | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically |
autosomal dominant disease
autosomal dominant disorder | a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome |
autoimmune disease
autoimmune disorder | any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
blood disease
blood disorder | a disease or disorder of the blood |
skin disease
disease of the skin
skin disorder | a disease affecting the skin |
| sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
| anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
generalized anxiety disorder
GAD
anxiety reaction | an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months |
| obsessiveompulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors |
| panic disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks, the attacks are usually severe but brief |
phobia
phobic disorder
phobic neurosis | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations, phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias |
posttraumatic stress disorder
PTSD | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images |
| psychosomatic disorder | a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms |
conversion disorder
conversion reaction
conversion hysteria | a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) |
| delusional disorder | any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role |
| personality disorder | inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior |
antisocial personality disorder
sociopathic personality
psychopathic personality | a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect, capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term) |
affective disorder
major affective disorder
emotional disorder
emotional disturbance | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
depressive disorder
clinical depression
depression | a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
mania
manic disorder | a mood disorder, an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently |
bipolar disorder
manic depression
manic depressive illness
manic-depressive psychosis | a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression |
cyclothymia
cyclothymic disorder
cyclic disorder | a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time |
depersonalization
depersonalisation
depersonalization disorder
depersonalisation disorder
depersonalization neurosis
depersonalisation neurosis | emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness |
alcoholic dementia
alcohol amnestic disorder
Korsakoff's psychosis
Korsakoff's syndrome
Korsakov's psychosis
Korsakov's syndrome
polyneuritic psychosis | dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism, involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact |
schizophrenia
schizophrenic disorder
schizophrenic psychosis
dementia praecox | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
speech disorder
speech defect
defect of speech | a disorder of oral speech |