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Emotional disturbance   /ɪmˈoʊʃənəl dɪstˈərbəns/   Listen
Emotional disturbance

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






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"Emotional disturbance" Quotes from Famous Books



... stifle my mind, and to him my strong cup of tea would be poison. We are both, I think, of nervous organization, but how differentiated I cannot tell. My pulse goes always rather too quickly; a little emotional disturbance sets it going at an absurdly rapid rate for hours, and extreme physical fatigue follows. My conviction is that no one rule applies to all men, but for men like me alcohol is certainly not necessary, and at best of little use. I have a kindlier ...
— Study and Stimulants • A. Arthur Reade



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