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Noun: emotional disturbance
  1. Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
    - affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder

Derived forms: emotional disturbances

Type of: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder

Encyclopedia: Emotional disturbance