brainsick

It’s the first great film to grapple with the brainsick mental strain of enjoying a lovely day — the sun is out, the booze is flowing — while your phone dings with headlines of horrors happening elsewhere.

Dr. Rosenberg was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and said he came to understand that he was “brainsick” when he tried to kill himself.

Lawgivers have wrestled since biblical times with the issues of whether and when brainsick people are morally responsible for bad acts.

A million and a half brainsick Americans languish in our prisons and on our cruel streets.

The clamor is enough to make even the hardiest New Yorkers brainsick, thirsting for a spot of tranquility in the swirl of urban chaos.