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
Mental disorder — Classification and external resources Eight women representing prominent mental diagnoses in the 19th century. (Armand Gautier) ICD 10 F … Wikipedia
Mental status examination — Intervention ICD 9 CM 94.09, 94.11 The mental status examination in the USA or mental state … Wikipedia
Mental confusion — Confusion redirects here. For other uses, see Confusion (disambiguation). Mental confusion ICD 10 R41.0 ICD 9 298.9 MeSH … Wikipedia
Symptom — Any abnormal change in appearance, sensation, or function experienced by a patient that indicates a disease process. * * * Any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in structure, function, or sensation, experienced by the patient and… … Medical dictionary
History of mental disorders — The history of mental disorder spans prehistoric times, ancient civilisations, the Middle Ages, the early modern period, the enlightenment and modern times.Prehistoric timesThere is limited evidence by which to judge the existence or nature of… … Wikipedia
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William Breitbart — William S. Breitbart, FAPM, is an American psychiatrist who is an international leader in the fields of Psychosomatic Medicine, Psycho oncology, and Palliative Care. Dr. Breitbart, a renown clinician, researcher, and educator, is the Chief of the … Wikipedia
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
Max Fink — (born 1923) is an American psychiatrist best known for his work on ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). Contents 1 Early life, marriage and qualifications 2 Academic positions, research and awards 3 Retirement … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary