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| dementia |
mental illness; madness; insanity. [1/2 definitions] |
| geophagy |
the practice of eating earthy matter such as clay or chalk, as during a famine or as a symptom of mental illness. |
| institutionalize |
to place or confine in an appropriate institution, esp. for treatment of physical or mental illness. [1/3 definitions] |
| melancholia |
a mental illness characterized by depression and withdrawal. |
| mental hospital |
an institution where people with mental illnesses are cared for, given therapy and medical treatment, and sometimes permanently housed, more commonly referred to now as "psychiatric hospital." |
| monomania |
a mental illness marked by an obsession with one idea. [1/2 definitions] |
| psychopathic |
of, pertaining to, afflicted with, or characteristic of mental illness or psychopathy. |
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