disorders
Illnesses needing treatment
Disorders is the plural of disorder—conditions marked by disruption of normal function.
Medical disorders affect body or mind: anxiety disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders.
The term often replaces older, more stigmatizing language: what was once called madness becomes a mood disorder.
Beyond medicine, disorders are states of confusion or disarray: civil disorders, public disorders.
To disorder something is to throw it into confusion.
Complete disorder and confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- disturbanceDisruption of order
upheaval · confusion · mayhem · riot · anarchy · havoc · tumult · bedlam
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
OCD · phobia · panic · trauma · psychosis · ADHD · anorexia · bulimia
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
deficiency · disruption · failure · impairment · breakdown · hormonal · chemical · electrolyte
Identification of illness
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- chronicPersisting over time
- treatmentCare for an ailment
autoimmune · genetic · neurological · metabolic · psychiatric · cardiovascular · thyroid · gastrointestinal
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
disturbance · upheaval · confusion · mayhem · riot · anarchy · havoc · tumult · bedlam · pandemonium
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
PTSD · OCD · phobia · panic · trauma · psychosis · ADHD · anorexia · bulimia · dissociative
dysfunction
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
abnormality · deficiency · disruption · failure · impairment · breakdown · hormonal · chemical · electrolyte · metabolic
diagnosis
Identification of illness
treatment · autoimmune · genetic · neurological · metabolic · psychiatric · cardiovascular · thyroid · gastrointestinal · rare
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- behavioral sciencebehaviorism, conditioning, reinforcement, stimulus, response
- psychepsyche, soul, mind, ego, id
disordersorder
Methodical arrangement or request
organization · arrangement · tidiness · neatness · system
- psychological disorderCondition impairing mental function
- psychiatric disorderDiagnosable condition affecting mind
- bipolar disordersConditions causing extreme mood shifts
- attention deficit disorderNeurological focus impairment condition
- multiple personality disorderCondition with alternate identities
- eating disordersPsychological conditions disrupting nutrition
disorder, disorderly, disordered, disordering, disorderliness