What does "emotional disturbance" mean?

A disorder that affects emotions.

What is a synonym for "emotional disturbance"?

Common synonyms include: affective disorder, emotional disorder, major affective disorder.

noun

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Noun

1
A disorder that affects emotions. uncountable
2
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant wordnet