mental illness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.
2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87:
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(countable) A mental disorder.
Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.
2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mental illnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (58)
pl choroba psychiczna (mental disorder (countable)) · sv sinnessjukdom (mental disorder (countable)) · gd tinneas-inntinn (property (uncountable)) · ru душе́вная боле́знь (mental disorder (countable)) · pt doença mental (mental disorder (countable)) · hi मानसिक रोग (property (uncountable)) · ar مرض نفسي (property (uncountable)) · ja 精神病 (property (uncountable)) · th ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ (mental disorder (countable)) · ru душе́вная боле́знь (property (uncountable)) · it disturbo mentale (mental disorder (countable)) · tl isipning karamdaman (property (uncountable)) · gd tinneas-inntinn (mental disorder (countable)) · ru помеша́тельство (property (uncountable)) · hu mentális zavar (property (uncountable)) · nb sinnssykdom (mental disorder (countable)) · vo lanamaläd (property (uncountable)) · ru психи́ческое заболева́ние (mental disorder (countable)) · fr trouble psychique (mental disorder (countable)) · pl choroba psychiczna (property (uncountable)) · da psykisk sygdom (mental disorder (countable)) · ja 精神疾患 (property (uncountable)) · ka ფსიქიკური დაავადება (mental disorder (countable)) · da sindssygdom (property (uncountable)) · ca malaltia mental (property (uncountable)) · pt doença mental (property (uncountable)) · es enfermedad mental (mental disorder (countable)) · fr trouble mental (mental disorder (countable)) · is geðveiki (property (uncountable)) · hi मनोविकार (mental disorder (countable)) · is geðsjúkdómur (mental disorder (countable)) · uk пси́хічне захво́рювання (property (uncountable)) · pl zaburzenie psychiczne (mental disorder (countable)) · fi mielisairaus (mental disorder (countable)) · fi mielisairaus (property (uncountable)) · cs duševní choroba (mental disorder (countable)) · cmn 精神病 (property (uncountable)) · fr maladie mentale (mental disorder (countable)) · pl zaburzenie psychiczne (property (uncountable)) · pt transtorno mental (mental disorder (countable)) · es enfermedad mental (property (uncountable)) · nb sinnssykdom (property (uncountable)) · my စိတ်ရောဂါ (property (uncountable)) · cmn 精神病 (mental disorder (countable)) · hi मनोविकार (property (uncountable)) · hi मनोरोग (mental disorder (countable)) · tl isipning karamdaman (mental disorder (countable)) · it malattia mentale (mental disorder (countable)) · th โรคจิต (mental disorder (countable)) · de Geisteskrankheit (property (uncountable)) · ru психи́ческое заболева́ние (property (uncountable)) · hi मनोरोग (property (uncountable)) · ru психи́ческое расстро́йство (property (uncountable)) · hi मानसिक रोग (mental disorder (countable)) · fr maladie mentale (property (uncountable)) · sv mentalsjukdom (mental disorder (countable)) · hu mentális zavar (mental disorder (countable)) · pt distúrbio mental (mental disorder (countable))