Meaning of mental illness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
   uncountable
2. A mental disorder.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.”

“Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.”

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