psychological problem

collocation in English

meanings of psychological and problem

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psychological
adjective
uk/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the human mind ...
problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...

(Definition of psychological and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of psychological problem

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None had been referred for assessment or treatment of any psychological problem.
The solution to this psychological problem demands that they must go further than just denounce the bad leaders of the past.
Clinicians often face the dilemma of knowing where to start and what to do in treating this difficult, distressing psychological problem.
Moreover, it did not seem that different variabilities between the distributions would change animals' psychological problem within a memorymonitoring task or the psychological interpretation of performance.
The distinction made by many clinicians in assigning all emotional expression and behaviour to a "psychological problem" category degrades assessment - when it is intended to refine it.
It is a psychological problem; it has a parallel in the case of seamen in fact.
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The trouble is wide and deep, some of it is political, some economic, some perhaps is part of the psychological problem of youth.
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One fact has been completely overlooked—that is, that this is much more a psychological problem than a tactical, financial or monetary one.
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I think that is a fact we have got to face when we are dealing with what is essentially a human and psychological problem.
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It is a psychological problem which we are up against, and which we have to tackle if we want increased production of coal.
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If that is how they perceive matters, it will prove a psychological problem that will be hard to overcome.
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He is up against what is nothing less than a psychological problem.
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We must recognise that we are facing not just an economic problem, but a psychological problem as well.
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Indeed, when it comes to jurimetricising the lawyers we may have a difficult psychological problem.
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It is a general psychological problem within society, and the problem of prices and social policies in general cannot be separated from it.
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The psychological problem that will now arise is that employees will feel far less secure than they were before.
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There is less of a financial than a psychological problem here.
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There is a psychological problem which affects all who eat.
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It is an interesting psychological problem which has cropped up in this experiment.
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Finally, there is as it were a psychological problem.
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