mental disorder
Example Sentences
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The story centers on Alice, an ordinary Middle American girl who begins to suffer from a mental disorder while enrolled at the University of Oklahoma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
More than 34,000 inmates — more than a third of the California prison population — are considered to have some sort of serious mental disorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
His defense contended that Edwards’ “autistic spectrum mental disorder … makes an individual susceptible to suggestion.”
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
Under the current law, people who police believe are suffering from a mental disorder and are in "immediate need of care or control" can be detained so that they can be examined for possible treatment.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
It’s almost a mental disorder, but there’s a sort of scale.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
