emotional disturbance
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emotional disturbance — noun any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Serious Emotional Disturbance — In U.S. healthcare, SED is an acronym for serious emotional disturbance (or in some areas, severely emotionally disturbed). DefinitionEmotional Disturbance is one of thirteen disabilities outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education… … Wikipedia
Disturbance — may refer to: Disturbance (album), a 2001 album by Concord Dawn Disturbance (ecology), a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem Disturbance (film), a 2011 upcoming British horror film… … Wikipedia
Emotional and behavioral disorders — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F90–F98 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
disturbance — noun 1 actions that upset the normal state of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, serious ▪ minimal, minimum, minor, slight ▪ environmental … Collocations dictionary
emotional disorder — noun any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant • Syn: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disturbance • Hypernyms: ↑mental… … Useful english dictionary
Disturbance (disambiguation) — A disturbance is a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem.Disturbance may also refer to:* Disturbance (Concord Dawn album), a 2001 punk rock album * Disturbance theory, a political… … Wikipedia
disturbance — [[t]dɪstɜ͟ː(r)bəns[/t]] disturbances 1) N COUNT A disturbance is an incident in which people behave violently in public. During the disturbance which followed, three Englishmen were hurt. ...the worst of last September s disturbances. 2) N… … English dictionary
disturbance — noun 1) we are concerned about the disturbance to local residents Syn: disruption, distraction, interference; bother, trouble, inconvenience, upset, annoyance, irritation, intrusion, harassment, hassle 2) disturbances among the peasantry … Thesaurus of popular words
emotional distress — emo·tion·al distress n: a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another s conduct and for which damages may be sought – called also emotional harm, mental anguish, mental distress, mental… … Law dictionary
