mental illness
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At the event, Trump highlighted the drugs’ “life-changing potential for those suffering from severe mental illness and depression, including our cherished veterans.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
This week Quentin Fottrell — the Moneyist — helped a 72-year-old widow who provides monthly financial support to her grandson because his mental illness has left him unable to manage his own affairs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Most are modeled after Britain’s Infanticide Act, which operates on the assumption that a woman who harms her child within a year of giving birth is suffering from a postpartum mental illness.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said during closing arguments there was no dispute Clancy was suffering from mental illness but it was not so severe that she didn't know right from wrong.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Maudsley had studied mental illness among families and concluded that the patterns of inheritance were vastly more complex than the ones Galton had proposed.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
