psychological state vs mental disease

mental disease vs psychological state

psychological state and mental disease both are nouns.

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

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

psychological 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 psychological 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.

psychological 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 psychological state and mental disease

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