mental illness

NOUN

emotional disorder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insanity mental disorder

WEAK

crack-up craziness delusions depression derangement disturbed mind emotional disorder emotional instability loss of mind lunacy madness maladjustment mania mental disease mental sickness nervous breakdown nervous disorder neurosis neurotic disorder paranoia phobia psychopathy psychosis sick mind troubled mind unbalanced mind unsoundness of mind

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Its hero, Wilbur Budd, is grappling not with mental illness, as Nora was, but with grief and missed opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

By and large, experts point to systematic failures that leave Americans more vulnerable to mental illness and without access to drug-free interventions, which cost both time and money.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Maddock and Smucny have long studied how brain chemistry is connected to mental illness using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, also known as 1H-MRS.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Those seeking assisted death for a mental illness in the Netherlands have to be assessed by a psychiatrist.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In another area, however, I had a bit more insight, and that was mental illness.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

mental illness

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