psychological disorder

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Among the 80% of children found to be vulnerable to more than one psychological disorder, family circumstances were critical.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The risk is that patients “have a psychological disorder that requires additional treatment and Kaiser is unfairly and improperly terminating their access to care,” said Fred Seavey, a researcher for the union.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Her mother had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological disorder in which parents or caregivers seek sympathy through the exaggerated or made-up illnesses of their children, said her trial attorney, Michael Stanfield.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

There's also the matter of how the series treats the psychological disorder that defines Isaac's character, one of several defining traits that make the classic Moon Knight story, shall we say, potentially problematic.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2022

First of all there’s the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which lists every kind of psychological disorder known to man—that’s fun reading.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini