mental state
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She said state prosecutors had presented numerous pieces of evidence showing Clancy was in a healthy mental state at the time of the murders during the trial.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Clancy's family, including her former mother-in-law and husband, have testified about her mental state leading up to the deaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
There are no statistics to represent those new mothers who do not think, or are afraid, to describe their mental state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In our conversations, van der Kolk described past traumas as a form of “emotional tyranny” over a person’s current mental state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Yet Dr. Harlow has private doubts about Phineas's mental state.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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