mental illness

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After Dillman expressed concern about his client’s mental health, Cooley cleared the courtroom so she could question the attorney for evidence of Ortiz’s purported mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

When the National Institute of Mental Health says that half of all American adolescents have experienced mental illness, that isn’t psychiatry advancing as a field.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He maintained that he was suffering from mental illness at the time of the attack and was unable to form the intent to kill, urging the court to acquit him on the grounds of insanity.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

President Donald Trump signs a directive to accelerate FDA review of psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

While my family’s history of mental illness was cutting through my consciousness like a red line, my scientific work as a cancer biologist was also converging on the normalcy and abnormalcy of genes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee