Definitions

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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Homelessness can cause mental illness, and mental illness can cause addiction, and vice versa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Court psychiatrist Peter Hoffmann said Beran A showed no signs of mental illness, adding that there was "no psychiatric explanation" for his radicalisation.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

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

The service for which he had been destined had been against Force, the mental illness of humanity.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

mental illness

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