mental disease
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In this case, mental disease or defect - as the law describes it - could be a mitigating factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
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 is “presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him incompetent to proceed” with his defense, the judge wrote.
From Seattle 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
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