Synonyms for mental illness
men·tal ill·ness

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1. mental illness, mental disease, psychopathynoun

   any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

   Synonyms:
   psychopathy, mental disease

   Antonyms:
   mental health

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1. Andreas Lubitz:

   Psychology can explain why somebody would turn rage inward on themselves about the fact that maybe they weren't going to keep doing their job and they're upset about that and so they're suicidal, but there is no mental illness that explains why somebody then feels entitled to also take that rage and turn it outward on 149 other people who had nothing to do with the person's problems.

2. Arlene Holmes:

   When mental illness is severe and untreated is when things go bad, and that was the case with my son. Severe case of schizophrenia, untreated by anti-psychotic medication and then this happened.

3. Alan Levin:

   Test their ability and knowledge as a lawyer, destigmatize mental illness, encourage people who want help to get help. It's very simple.

4. Courtney Tassin:

   It's very different than working with someone who has severe or persistent mental illness, or someone who is just endorsing mental health concerns like severe depression.

5. Denis McDonough:

   Due in part to minority stress, LGBTQ + veterans experience mental illness and suicidal thoughts at far higher rates than those outside their community, but they are significantly less likely to seek routine care, largely because they fear discrimination.