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mental illness
noun
- any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
mental illness
noun
- any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people
mental illness
- Any of various psychiatric disorders or diseases, usually characterized by impairment of thought, mood, or behavior.
Word History and Origins
Origin of mental illness1
Example Sentences
On Friday, the judge told Zurawska: "Even if you do recover from this mental illness, the burden of what happened will always be with you."
She cites research suggesting that “high rates of addiction, suicide, mental illness, sexual violence, and other ills among Indian peoples might be, at least in part, influenced by historical trauma.”
He died in 1994 at 45 years old from cancer likely related to Agent Orange exposure, and local advocates have worked for years to contextualize his crimes with his service-related mental illness.
Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behavior — including incidents involving alleged hit-and-run and DUI — before she was possibly diagnosed with mental illness in 2014.
Lurie pledged to prioritize public safety and increase pathways to treatment for mental illness and addiction.
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