mental illness
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Human sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sciences The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
- Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87:
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Human sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sciences A mental disorder.
- Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70: