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

She has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to some of her charges.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 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

Echolalia is a mental disease which makes people immediately repeat things that well people around them say.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut