mental-disordered
mental-disordered adjective: having a mental disorder.
Adjective
mental-disordered
- Having a mental disorder.
- “That’s a powerful statement – that there is no explanation for this type of violence. This is the mental-disordered perspective – investigators try to explain this bombing as psychopathic, narcissistic personalities who are simply doing this for media attention. If you say these people are a bunch...1990 August 5, Steve Curwood, quoting Michael A. Milburn, “Does television stifle thought?”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 238, number 36, page 61
- Nowadays, as a result of rulings that a commitment of an insanity acquittee is to be based on the criteria of civil commitment, there is an increasing tendency to have several charges in mental-disordered offender cases, so that acquittal (by reason of NGRI) on one charge and a verdict of guilty of...2002, Ralph Slovenko, “Diminished Capacity”, in Psychiatry in Law/Law in Psychiatry, New York, N.Y.; London: Brunner-Routledge, →ISBN, part III (Criminal Cases), page 274
- Synonyms:
- mentally disordered, mentally ill
Examples of mental-disordered in a sentence
- This is the mental-disordered perspective – investigators try to explain this bombing as psychopathic, narcissistic personalities who are simply doing this for media attention.1990 August 5, Steve Curwood, quoting Michael A. Milburn, “Does television stifle thought?”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 238, number 36...
- For example, some excellent samples of modified 12-step work for schizophrenic/organic mental-disordered, manic-depressive, borderline, and antisocial clients are provided by K.2005, Geri Miller, “Assessment and Diagnosis of Dual Disorders”, in Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling, 2nd edition, John Wiley...
- Other objections may be raised to the provisions that regulate the management of the mental-disordered patient in the UK.2005, Simona Giordano, “Eating or Treating? Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Eating Disorders”, in Understanding Eating Disorders...
- Community Reentry for Mental-Disordered Ex-Offenders2006, Bruce A. Arrigo, “The Correctional System”, in Criminal Behavior: A Systems Approach, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice...
Synonyms of mental-disordered
Origin of mental-disordered
From mental disorder + -ed.
Questions about mental-disordered
- What does mental-disordered mean?
- Mental-disordered means having a mental disorder.
- How do you use mental-disordered in a sentence?
- This is the mental-disordered perspective – investigators try to explain this bombing as psychopathic, narcissistic personalities who are simply doing this for media attention.
- What part of speech is mental-disordered?
- Mental-disordered is an adjective.
Words near mental-disordered in the dictionary
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