mental disease

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The panel, in considering a sentence, is now listening to him present evidence that he had suffered from a mental disease or defect when the crimes were committed.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

She concluded that Rothman was suffering from “a mental disease or defect” but not one that compromised his cognition enough to render him legally incompetent.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

An exam by a forensic psychiatrist found Harris “presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him incompetent to proceed,” the judge wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Mr. Herrin pleaded not guilty by reasons of mental disease or defect.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

I would include a large amount of what is called mental disease, and most varieties of cancer, in this category.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas