emotional instability

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalandinstability

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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instability
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandinstabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The degree of disorder, it is proposed, is a function of rapidity of ovarian decline, susceptibility of the autonomic nervous system and pre-existingemotionalinstability.
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This is coupled with theemotionalinstabilitywhich results from a mode of deductive thought flowing from algorithmic composition.
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A psychological evaluation is made at this time and ifemotionalinstabilityis noted, the man is referred to a psychologist before proceeding further.
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Akineto-choreatic patients indeed showed a tendency to moreemotionalinstabilityafter surgery, and some of them displayed a postoperative slowness of frontal neuropsychological functions (in preparation).
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Sydenham's chorea is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized byemotionalinstability, muscular weakness, and purposeless but conscious movements.
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Huntington's chorea, for example, is a progressive and degenerative disorder of the nervous system that results in mood lability,emotionalinstability, and motor control abnormalities.
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First, there isemotionalinstability; that is, inherent weakness of personality, associated with various degrees of subjective symptoms.
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The first is because adolescence is a period ofemotionalinstabilityand, therefore, protection should be given.
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In this case it is a sort ofemotionalinstabilityof course.
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We live in an age of increasing violence,emotionalinstability, uncertain moral standards and fluctuating economic fortunes.
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These characteristics ofemotionalinstabilityand inadequacy are not uncommon among the young, and it is youth in particular which needs protection against these terrible dangers.
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Most affected individuals also have cognitive (intellectual) impairment and psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, paranoia, depression, obsessive behavior, and pronouncedemotionalinstability.
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Both sides of his family had suffered from mental illness, and this may explain hisemotionalinstability.
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In psychiatry and clinical psychology, it is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, andemotionalinstabilityunder stress.
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The underlying anxiety implied by neuroticism is linked toemotionalinstability, which is typically important in predicting employees' intentions to quit.
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These findings relate to theemotionalinstabilitythat is connected with executive function as a detrimental symptom that can also be linked towards criminal behavior.
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Because of all these, they may suffer from short-termemotionalinstability.
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A considerable proportion of children suffer from loss of appetite, weight loss, irritability,emotionalinstability, and enuresis (i.e., inability to control urination).
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Psychiatric reactions can includeemotionalinstability, depression, aggression, decreased libido and drowsiness.
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