mental disorder
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It’s possible, Levenson said, that the defense will be able to present compelling evidence of mental disorder to prosecutors to resolve the case before trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
This assessment accounted for age, sex, ethnicity, tobacco use, type of mental disorder, and current treatments.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
The story centers on Alice, an ordinary Middle American girl who begins to suffer from a mental disorder while enrolled at the University of Oklahoma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
His defense contended that Edwards’ “autistic spectrum mental disorder … makes an individual susceptible to suggestion.”
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
It’s almost a mental disorder, but there’s a sort of scale.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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