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Psychiatric Disorder
Definition 1
A disorder characterized by behavioral and/or psychological abnormalities, often accompanied by physical symptoms. The symptoms may cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social and occupational areas of functioning. Representative examples include anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, mood disorders and schizophrenia. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 3
broad class of abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior, resulting in distress or impairment. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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