noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a personality disorder (=a mental illness affecting someone’s personality)
▪ The hospital treats patients with severe personality disorders.
an eating disorder (=a mental illness which causes you to eat too much or too little)
▪ She described her battle with the eating disorder bulimia.
attention-deficit disorder
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
body dysmorphic disorder
eating disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
psychiatric disorder (=mental illness)
▪ Charles was suffering from a psychiatric disorder .
psychosomatic illness/symptoms/disorder etc
▪ Children are just as susceptible to psychosomatic conditions as adults.
seasonal affective disorder
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
acquired
▪ This is a theme which will re-emerge when we consider acquired disorders of language in Chapter 9.
affective
▪ This approach, while including elements of problem-solving, focuses particularly on the thinking style and negative self-ideas that perpetuate affective disorders.
▪ Seasonal affective disorder is associated with depression that is marked during the Winter and early Spring and regresses in the Summer.
bipolar
▪ Depression also is a symptom of other illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder.
▪ And, of course, mania usually alternates with depression, to form a bipolar disorder.
chronic
▪ The Sjögren syndrome is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder usually affecting middle aged women.
▪ Ones that enhance the serotonin effects are often helpful in chronic pain disorders.
▪ As the mysteries of many infectious and nutritional diseases have been solved, what remain are the chronic disorders with genetic origins.
civil
▪ By 1968, 15,000 men had been trained for handling civil disorder.
▪ It hopes for a significant export trade in this latest answer to civil disorder.
▪ Hunger, disease and civil disorder would destroy what was left of civilization.
▪ Most movement is voluntary; some is involuntary and in response to conflict, civil disorder, and natural disaster.
▪ Yu was thus the very symbol of civil disorder.
▪ The Public Order Act represented the culmination of a long debate within the government about how increased civil disorder should be controlled.
digestive
▪ Stomach ulcers and other digestive disorders are rife and there is a high mortality rate amongst veal calves despite their brief lifetime.
▪ This means that the horse won't get the full benefit from his feed and it may also lead to digestive disorders.
eating
▪ The relationship between eating disorders and compulsive physical exercise may be totally intertwined.
▪ One recent population study found that depression did not precede the eating disorder, although it did correlate with onset.
▪ The eating disorders include compulsive overeating and severe anorexia, both being found in some patients.
▪ Thus the compulsive relationship with physical exercise can become effectively part of the spectrum of eating disorder behaviour.
▪ Shape dissatisfaction, endemic to young women in western culture, elicits restrictive dieting that increases the vulnerability to eating disorders.
▪ The eating disorders and other forms of addictive disease may not be seen at all except in their extreme forms.
▪ It might have had something to do with her illness, the eating disorder bulimia.
▪ Her job is working with girls with eating disorders, so she is very technical about it.
emotional
▪ But a great many of them are deeply damaged and turn up in class with all kinds of emotional and behavioural disorders.
▪ Determinants of childhood disorder Emotional and conduct disorders are the most frequently encountered psychiatric disturbances of childhood.
▪ But although unconscious feelings have traditionally been associated with severe emotional disorder, they are not the prerogative of the acutely disturbed.
▪ Thus a disordered sequence of clauses or sentences can act as an iconic representation of material or emotional disorder.
genetic
▪ A genetic disorder led to her using a cane and seeking a hip replacement.
▪ She had Sanfilippo's syndrome, a genetic disorder that attacks the nervous system.
▪ Some genetic disorders predispose individuals to the toxic effects of substances found in the workplace or environment.
▪ Their ruthless pursuit of Navajos in the 1860s led to isolation of a small band, which interbred, risking genetic disorders.
▪ About one child in 20 admitted to hospital has some kind of genetic disorder.
▪ Was it overlooked because it demonstrates that insights into genetic disorders can be gained without use of human embryos?
▪ Bradley and colleagues are well aware of these problems as they seek to justify newborn screening for this untreatable genetic disorder.
major
▪ Both were in Liverpool and covered a total of 103 clients suffering primary major depressive disorders.
▪ While federal troops were still patrolling in Omaha, the last major racial disorder of 1919 broke out in Elaine, Arkansas.
▪ If no major disorders had occurred in the next few years, those plans and preparations would probably have been forgotten.
mental
▪ Information was required on his or her physical and mental condition, including any functional mental disorder or behavioural problems.
▪ Also patron of epileptics and runaways; she is invoked against diabolic possession and mental disorders.
▪ This chapter outlines what society should seek to achieve for people with mental disorder.
▪ But no one would think to call a sprained ankle or lower back pain a mental disorder.
▪ Another form of mental disorder, pellagra, was associated clinically with diarrhoea and dermatitis.
▪ All of these findings show how unwarranted is the claim that there is such a phenomenon as a premenstrual mental disorder.
▪ The importance of work and employment to those with mental disorder has, however, been recognized since Victorian times.
▪ Everybody, but especially people with a mental disorder, needs expert legal advice when faced with statutory confinement.
nervous
▪ Let us therefore assume that nervous disorders act as an intervening variable.
▪ There are wards for children with pulmonary disease and nervous disorders.
▪ In the first, nervous disorders are just an additional cause of absenteeism, but are unrelated to the type of job.
▪ In the second, nervous disorders have no effect on absenteeism, despite the fact that they are caused by poor jobs.
▪ None of the patients had evidence of a central nervous system or an autonomic nervous system disorder.
▪ Many of their colleagues are off work sick for long periods being treated for nervous disorders.
neurological
▪ Clinical topics on psychiatric and neurological disorders will also be covered.
▪ Three neurological disorders are considered: tremor, dyskinesias and epilepsy.
▪ The possible role of dynamical transitions in the aetiology of three neurological disorders will now be considered.
other
▪ Certain drugs given for some other disorder may cause temporary impotence, so that is something to check with the doctor.
▪ The condition may also occur in association with various other medical disorders.
▪ Its early symptoms are similar to other disorders.
▪ Stomach ulcers and other digestive disorders are rife and there is a high mortality rate amongst veal calves despite their brief lifetime.
▪ They may well provide insight and help for other behavioural disorders but not for addictive disease as such.
▪ The therapist did not think Charles was depressed nor suffering from any other psychiatric disorder.
▪ None of them had been treated before admission to hospital, and none had any other medical disorders.
physical
▪ Biofeedback in the treatment of physical disorders.
▪ There are many comparable examples in the psychological sphere, as well as in the domain of physical disorder.
▪ Another important aspect of assessment not addressed by this study is that of physical disorder.
▪ Rations were monotonous, sanitation was rudimentary, and many physical disorders resulted from the constant water and mud.
psychiatric
▪ Results - Agreement between team and research diagnoses ranged from 90% to 99% for the specific psychiatric disorders studied.
▪ But what defines any psychiatric disorder is the combination of symptoms and how long they last, not one particular symptom.
▪ Sadly, too, psychiatric disorders are still viewed by many people with suspicion and prejudice.
▪ Some have shifted their focus to other psychiatric disorders, such as eating disorders.
▪ Special considerations: there was no indication that the appellant was suffering from psychiatric disorder.
▪ A history of psychiatric disorders also could contribute, some researchers believe.
▪ Clinical topics on psychiatric and neurological disorders will also be covered.
▪ About 30 percent use injection drugs, and 33 percent have a psychiatric disorder.
psychological
▪ Traumatic experiences in the womb lie at the root of all sorts of psychological disorders.
▪ With Western women, it was a psychological disorder, a pathetic response to the charge of never being good enough.
▪ In some patients, psychological disorders may be even more important.
public
▪ Several features of the Act which were designed to reduce the possibility of public disorder seem more likely to promote its occurrence.
▪ It is an act of public disorder in itself.
▪ Such variables are too specific to industrial relations to be included in the flashpoints model of public disorder.
▪ Later, the Met hopes to give tasers to the Territorial Support Group, which deals with riots and public disorder.
▪ The police capacity to respond to public disorder has greatly improved since the riots.
▪ In this chapter, we look in closer detail at the media's relationship to public disorder.
▪ Just in case they were not convinced, the authorities had broadcast messages of their improved ability to cope with any public disorders.
rare
▪ Read in studio Dozens of children who survived a rare blood disorder have met for the first time at a special party.
▪ This is a rare familial disorder in which conjugated bilirubin levels are increased due to defective excretion of bilirubin in the bile.
▪ Previously, disease-causing mutations have been linked to rare or incurable disorders, providing often debatable benefits to small numbers of people.
serious
▪ The five million crimes recorded in Britain last year suggest serious social disorder, but they scarcely figured in the election.
▪ Some are rooted in simple, everyday stress, others in anxiety, and some others in the more serious anxiety disorders.
▪ Those with serious psychiatric disorders, especially depression with serious suicidal ideation or significant impairment of insight.
▪ For example: - Confusion and frightening hallucinations - Unbalanced emotions or more serious mental disorders - First-time heroin users may be sick.
severe
▪ But although unconscious feelings have traditionally been associated with severe emotional disorder, they are not the prerogative of the acutely disturbed.
▪ Even though the Wilson administration had witnessed the most severe racial disorders since Reconstruction no really positive response was given.
social
▪ The five million crimes recorded in Britain last year suggest serious social disorder, but they scarcely figured in the election.
▪ One theory is that an individual like Jin was used by criminals intent on heightening social disorder.
▪ Such parliamentary chaos is not a symptom of underlying social disorder.
▪ In this respect the incidence of neurosis seems inversely proportional to social disorder.
▪ Without this, there are real dangers of alienation, social division and disorder.
▪ Without a strong State, this underclass will erupt into fragmented resistance, indicated in social disorder.
traumatic
▪ The movement's struggle with authorities to help the victims of post-#traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange had undeniable significance.
▪ Counselors will work with people who have post- traumatic stress disorder.
violent
▪ Three men were arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder and were released on police bail.
▪ The next day, after sporadic incidents, violent disorder erupted at about 7.00 p. m. Disorder occurred again in 1986.
▪ Seven defendants were charged with violent disorder at or outside a night club and with various assaults on police officers.
▪ The seven, all from Gosport, admitted violent disorder.
▪ Now the agitation in the country and the violent disorder it threatened could be directed against the Government.
▪ Lord and Murray also denied conspiracy to cause violent disorder.
▪ But Livingstone and Hardy, both 20, had denied a charge of violent disorder during the incident last September.
■ NOUN
brain
▪ Parkinson's disease is a degenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity among other symptoms.
▪ Once isolated, the mutant gene will be the second gene known to increase the risk for the brain disorder.
▪ For Francesca, who's almost 3, suffers from a brain disorder which triggers off convulsive fits.
▪ It is considered one of the most significant developments in the fight against many brain disorders and diseases.
▪ Voice over Doctors are baffled by the cause of Francesca's brain disorder.
▪ Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that can cause, among other things, visual and auditory hallucinations, delusions and distorted thinking.
▪ The deaths linked to Zyban include heart attacks, suicides, brain disorders and asthma attacks.
▪ I had a hangover that was mutating into some kind of brain disorder.
deficit
▪ Other terms used for this collection of symptoms are minimal brain dysfunction and attention deficit disorder.
▪ And they gave him every diagnosis-from sociopathy to thought disorder, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder.
▪ Coaches are always yelling at referees, remarking on their visual impairments and attention deficit disorders.
mood
▪ Origins of schizophrenia Schizophrenia is primarily a thought disorder, whereas depression is dominated by a mood disorder.
▪ The data is similar, though not as strong, for mood disorders.
▪ Exactly the same as the mood disorders and behavioural characteristics of the primary disease.
▪ Both schizophrenia and mood disorders show evidence of decreased activity in frontal lobes and abnormal function of the system for directed attention.
▪ Some patients had a short lived mood disorder, which would be likely to resolve rapidly, perhaps without treatment.
▪ Seiden suspects that the long-term result could be depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, and other mood disorders.
▪ Poets seem to have the highest rates of mood disorders and suicide.
movement
▪ This sometimes causes temporary aggravation of the movement disorder, but may eventually result in its improvement or complete subsidence.
▪ Anticholinergic drugs should be discontinued because this class of drugs may aggravate the movement disorder.
personality
▪ And they were shocked to hear at the end of the three-month trial that Allitt suffered from a dangerous personality disorder.
▪ Defense psychiatrist George Woods diagnosed Davis as suffering three specific personality disorders.
▪ Other studies suggest that personality disorders are relatively uncommon in anorexia nervosa.
▪ Typically, psychological problems and personality disorders compound as obesity creates a different view of reality.
▪ This personality disorder is characterised by a lack of guilt and an inability to keep rules or form lasting relationships.
▪ Psychologist Lenore Walker argued for eliminating personality disorders altogether because of bias.
▪ She is an elderly lady, she has had one stroke, and she has a personality disorder.
▪ If Atlanta were a person, a psychologist might well render a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder.
stress
▪ The movement's struggle with authorities to help the victims of post-traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange had undeniable significance.
▪ Post-traumatic stress disorder is key to the brothers' defense.
▪ Counselors will work with people who have post- traumatic stress disorder.
▪ All maintain they have never recovered from the incident and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
▪ During cross-examination by Abramson, Dietz agreed that that condition shares symptoms with post-traumatic stress disorder.
▪ Under the standard criteria, the children did not qualify for a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
system
▪ None of the patients had evidence of a central nervous system or an autonomic nervous system disorder.
▪ This says that in any closed system disorder, or entropy, always increases with time.
■ VERB
cause
▪ Three men were arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder and were released on police bail.
▪ A prophet assures the patient that the Holy Spirit has the capacity to vanquish whatever it is that is causing the disorder.
▪ Until now there have been few reports on hepatic failure caused by disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.
▪ An overdose can cause mental disorders, fits, a coma or death.
▪ Lord and Murray also denied conspiracy to cause violent disorder.
▪ They call for more research on the physiological and immunological changes caused by eating disorders, especially bulimia.
create
▪ They were designed to create disorder and to impede the smooth transfer of power.
▪ Scenes of dancing cups and mad-scientist lab equipment ultimately create order out of disorder.
▪ He creates disorder and manages to convince people only he can resolve it.
▪ It creates order where disorder and threat previously existed.
diagnose
▪ Thus, for example, they were more likely than the psychiatrists to diagnose psychiatric disorder or recommend inpatient care.
▪ When all potential causes of secondary hyperuricemia are ruled out, it is reasonable to diagnose a primary disorder.
▪ There are eight possible criteria to look for in diagnosing this disorder.
eat
▪ I have never suffered from an eating disorder myself, but I have interviewed many who have.
▪ For the most part, the researchers are split into two camps: pro-diet medical researchers and anti-diet eating disorders researchers.
▪ Nevertheless, eating disorders do show a familial aggregation.
▪ Some have shifted their focus to other psychiatric disorders, such as eating disorders.
▪ How are eating disorders treated appropriately?
▪ They pointed to evidence which shows that people who diet may be at increased risk for binge eating and eating disorders.
▪ An interesting, yet largely unexplored area relates to protective factors that tend to prevent the expression of eating disorders.
▪ Unlike obesity researchers, eating disorders researchers have been in a unique position to view the long-term effects of dieting.
suffer
▪ I have never suffered from an eating disorder myself, but I have interviewed many who have.
▪ Defense psychiatric experts claim Erik suffered from the disorder at the time of the killings.
▪ Gore was schizoid, suffering from a psychopathic disorder, requiring treatment for many years to come.
▪ Defense psychiatrist George Woods diagnosed Davis as suffering three specific personality disorders.
▪ Special considerations: there was no indication that the appellant was suffering from psychiatric disorder.
▪ Typical of children who have lost a parent, we suffered eating and sleep disorders.
▪ For Francesca, who's almost 3, suffers from a brain disorder which triggers off convulsive fits.
▪ All maintain they have never recovered from the incident and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
treat
▪ It is therefore seldom appropriate to treat disorders of language and communication by trying to influence presumed underlying causes.
▪ Valerian root is most often used to treat sleep disorders that stem from anxiety and nervousness.
▪ They were useful for treating allergic disorders and also as sedatives and remedies for motion sickness.
▪ And with facilities for treating children with learning disorders, behavior-disorders, mood and anxiety disorders...
▪ Our knowledge and ability to treat pelvic-floor disorders has benefited enormously from the availability of newer diagnostic and surgical approaches.
▪ Each of these medications has effects useful for treating panic disorder, despite their labels associated with other diagnoses.
▪ Many of their colleagues are off work sick for long periods being treated for nervous disorders.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bipolar disorder
▪ And, of course, mania usually alternates with depression, to form a bipolar disorder.
▪ Depression also is a symptom of other illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a serious heart disorder
▪ After several hours of fierce fighting, the rebel troops retreated in disorder.
▪ After two years of therapy, Duane was able to conquer his eating disorder.
▪ Children who suffer from personality disorders often receive little or no treatment until it's too late.
▪ Children with eating disorders such as anorexia need close supervision.
▪ Eventually after weeks of tests they discovered I had a rare liver disorder.
▪ Minor stomach disorders are common when travelling abroad.
▪ The country's civil war came at the end of a long period of social disorder.
▪ The entire apartment was in disorder, but nothing seemed to have been stolen.
▪ The hospital specializes in treating disorders of the brain.
▪ The smallest problem can throw all their services into disorder.
▪ There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder, although it was clear that she had become withdrawn since the breakup of her relationship.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And if attention-deficit disorder may be present, additional evaluation is required.
▪ But although unconscious feelings have traditionally been associated with severe emotional disorder, they are not the prerogative of the acutely disturbed.
▪ In addition to these disorders, two specific enzyme defects have been reported to cause primary adult gout.
▪ In and out of their feet and the horses' hooves scurried the hounds in cheerful disorder.
▪ Subsequently, Stoneham declared martial law, brought in all available troops, and suppressed the disorder.
▪ Thus, clinical disorders of volume are caused by disturbances of salt balance.
▪ We didn't need the gene sequence to find most monogenic disorders.
▪ You can't have law and order without lawlessness and disorder, just as you can't have light without darkness.