mental illness
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The Metropolitan State Hospital opened in Norwalk in 1916, a self-contained facility complete with its own farm that treated people with mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times
"My uncle has a mental illness. The poor man had convinced himself he was dead," they told the BBC.
From BBC
A psychiatrist and an attorney in San Diego say an existing statute could address severe mental illness and addiction.
From Los Angeles Times
Burke told the court that social-media addiction isn’t listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, typically used by clinicians to diagnose mental illness.
A parliamentary committee is set to start work next month on whether assisted dying should be extended to those suffering exclusively from mental illness.
From Barron's
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