mental illness
any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
Origin of mental illness
1- Also called mental disorder, mental disease .
Words Nearby mental illness
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How to use mental illness in a sentence
He is an engaging writer, and an able and authoritative guide to the social history of mental illness.
How colonialism and capitalism helped place a stigma on mental illness | Balaji Ravichandran | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostI have to tell you, and I don’t mind my saying that it was mental illness, I think, in a lot of ways that made it so, that I was too angry.
We were already prepared with coping strategies, relationships with therapists and some understanding of the warning signs of an impending mental illness crisis.
Coronavirus is testing those of us with anxiety. We need to have mental health help available when the pandemic ends. | Sarah Vander Schaaff | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostHis tenure as police chief included some controversies, among them the fatal police shooting in 2009 of an unarmed motorist on Route 1 who had a history of mental illness.
Ex-Fairfax police chief Rohrer steps in to temporarily lead department | Antonio Olivo | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostQueen Charlotte seeks excitement to avoid hours of dwelling on her husband’s mental illness.
How ‘Bridgerton’ flipped the script on ‘The Duke and I’ | Vanessa Riley | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
Few reports of his mental illness discuss lead poisoning as a possible reason for his mental deterioration.
Wrestler Mark Schultz Hates the ‘Sickening and Insulting Lies’ of ‘Foxcatcher’ | Rich Goldstein | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It's insane to see what the extreme version of that type of helpless anger combined with mental illness can create,” Cook wrote.
School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website | Brandy Zadrozny | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 42.9 million Americans over age 18 suffer some form of mental illness.
Abilify is actually a powerful anti-psychotic given to people with severe mental illness.
Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year | Jay Michaelson | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than secular nationalist movements or industrial interests or mental illness or knitting groups?
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence | Patricia Pearson | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mental illness of the king became now apparent to those around him, but it was not spoken of publicly.
And, lastly: "Have you ever been a patient in a hospital for mental illness?"
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt was the common-sense and rational attitude of my employer toward mental illness which determined the issue.
A Mind That Found Itself | Clifford Whittingham BeersDuring our talk, I so shaped the conversation that the possibility of a recurrence of my mental illness was discussed.
A Mind That Found Itself | Clifford Whittingham BeersEven at sixteen Ann Saymer had very positive ideas about curing mental illness, which was the epidemic sickness of their world.
The Cartels Jungle | Irving E. Cox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for mental illness
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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Scientific definitions for mental illness
[ mĕn′tl ]
Any of various psychiatric disorders or diseases, usually characterized by impairment of thought, mood, or behavior.
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