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Mental illness

noun

Any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention. Synonyms: mental disease, psychopathy.

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"Mental illness" Quotes from Famous Books

... population. Then I made a searching inquiry into their personal life. Here again I drew a blank. They had no particular financial worries. Their sex life was generally satisfactory. There was no history of mental illness in the family. In fact, the only thing that seemed to be the matter with them was that there were times when they ...

— Disturbing Sun • Robert Shirley Richardson

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