mental disease

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The panel, in considering a sentence, is now listening to him present evidence that he had suffered from a mental disease or defect when the crimes were committed.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

She concluded that Rothman was suffering from “a mental disease or defect” but not one that compromised his cognition enough to render him legally incompetent.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

She has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to some of her charges.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2023

An exam by a forensic psychiatrist found Harris “presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him incompetent to proceed,” the judge wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

In view of the severe damage they inflict upon the nervous system, it was perhaps inevitable that these insecticides would eventually be linked with mental disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson