mental disorder
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According to a recent study on wearable fitness users in Canada, where one in four people sport a wearable medical device, demographic characteristics associated with wearing devices to monitor sleep include having a mental disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
More than 34,000 inmates — more than a third of the California prison population — are considered to have some sort of serious mental disorder.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
His defense contended that Edwards’ “autistic spectrum mental disorder … makes an individual susceptible to suggestion.”
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
Being sectioned is when someone with a mental disorder is detained in hospital, under the Mental Health Act 1983, for treatment and assessment.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
It’s almost a mental disorder, but there’s a sort of scale.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
