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mental illness

noun

  1. any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.


mental illness

noun

  1. 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
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mental illness

  1. Any of various psychiatric disorders or diseases, usually characterized by impairment of thought, mood, or behavior.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mental illness1

First recorded in 1960–65
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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."

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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Lurie pledged to prioritize public safety and increase pathways to treatment for mental illness and addiction.

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