mental state vs mental disease

mental disease vs mental state

mental state and mental disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental state	Yes	No	No	No
mental disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental disease is a hyponym of mental state; that is, mental disease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental state:

mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
mental disease: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Other hyponyms of mental state include cognitive state, state of mind, frame of mind, state of mind, aboulia, abulia, anhedonia, depersonalisation, depersonalization, hypnosis, fugue, psychic trauma, trauma, morale, anxiety, anxiousness, hallucinosis, identity crisis, nerves, nervousness, delusion, psychotic belief, mental health, mental illness, psychopathy, agitation, depression, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

mental state (noun)	mental disease (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Difference between mental state and mental disease

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