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mental disturbance vs affective disorder

affective disorder vs mental disturbance

mental disturbance and affective disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental disturbance Yes No No No
affective disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, affective disorder is a hyponym of mental disturbance; that is, affective disorder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental disturbance:
  • mental disturbance: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
  • affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
mental disturbance (noun) affective disorder (noun)
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Difference between mental disturbance and affective disorder

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