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mentally ill

adjective

  1. having a mental illness.


noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. Usually the mentally ill. mentally ill persons collectively.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mentally ill1

First recorded in 1935–40
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State prosecutors have cleared a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed mentally ill man two years ago at a Valencia mall, according to a California Department of Justice news release.

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In the course of the proceedings, prison rights attorneys have shown videotapes documenting the use of pepper spray, restraints, hoods and batons on mentally ill inmates in the throes of psychotic episodes.

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The £33m purpose-built unit, which is the first of its kind in Belfast, cares for some of the most vulnerable mentally ill patients in Northern Ireland.

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But he tried to claim he was mentally ill when he killed his wife - seeing her as an evil spirit attempting to destroy him.

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The brother of a man stabbed to death by his mentally ill son has said health services and the police failed his family.

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