mental disease

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Carvalho was committed to the state hospital after he was acquitted by reason of mental disease, disorder or defect in a 2016 terroristic threatening case on Kauai, where he’s from.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

She concluded that Rothman was suffering from “a mental disease or defect” but not one that compromised his cognition enough to render him legally incompetent.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

An exam by a forensic psychiatrist found Harris “presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him incompetent to proceed,” the judge wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Mr. Herrin pleaded not guilty by reasons of mental disease or defect.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

That link has recently been supplied by investigators at the University of Melbourne and Prince Henry’s Hospital in Melbourne, who reported on 16 cases of mental disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson