emotional disturbance

  • 1emotional 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:… …

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  • 2emotional disturbance — see under illness …

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  • 3Serious 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… …

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  • 4Disturbance — 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… …

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  • 5Emotional and behavioral disorders — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F90–F98 ICD 9 …

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  • 6disturbance — noun 1 actions that upset the normal state of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, serious ▪ minimal, minimum, minor, slight ▪ environmental …

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  • 7emotional 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… …

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  • 8Disturbance (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… …

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  • 9disturbance — [[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… …

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  • 10disturbance — 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 …

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