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men·tally ill

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  1. mentally ill, unsound, unstableadjective

    suffering from severe mental illness

    "of unsound mind"

    Synonyms:
    bad, unfit, fallacious, unstable, precarious, unsound, fluid

    Antonyms:
    sane

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#5086fluid
#10488unstable
#29642unfit
#37328precarious
#53805unsound
#74880fallacious

How to use mentally ill in a sentence?

  1. Craig Haney:

    The widespread consensus among mental health professionals is that solitary confinement, for the overall majority of mentally ill prisoners, places them at severe risk of additional harm.

  2. Kyle Dugger:

    When insanity is raised as a defense, the jury can return a verdict of guilty, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, or guilty but mentally ill.

  3. Ben Crump:

    The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

  4. Utica Police Chief Mark Williams:

    A lot of cities in this country are struggling with the mentally ill.

  5. Hank Balson:

    Josh McLemore wasn’t a criminal, he was mentally ill and in crisis. He was out of touch with reality and needed help. This is glaringly obvious to anyone who watches the videos of him in his isolation cell.


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  • πνευματικά άρρωστοςGreek
  • mielialahäiriöinen, mielisairasFinnish
  • मानसिक रूप से बीमारHindi
  • bolnav mintalRomanian

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