mental illness
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Even in an age when some people do the whole mistaking-diagnosis-for-identity thing—trumpeting lines like “I’m proud of my personality disorder”—there’s a population that doesn’t crow or congratulate itself on mental illness.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
The authorities have not commented on a possible motive, but a 33-year-old man with a history of mental illness has been detained in a secure psychiatric hospital on suspicion of arson.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
These developments prompted an exodus of patients from state hospitals beginning in the mid-1950s and accelerating after federal legislation in the 1960s called for more community-based treatment of mental illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Poverty, bad luck and mental illness can also play a role.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
President Reagan's attacker, like Charles Guiteau, had a history of mental illness.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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