psychiatric

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In June 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility; he was fully released from federal custody in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Using linked national registers, they followed when men received new psychiatric diagnoses, beginning one year before pregnancy and continuing until the child reached one year of age.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

At the same time, people with psychiatric disorders are more likely to develop metabolic conditions such as obesity and diabetes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

"Cumulative trauma, cumulative adverse experiences and ongoing instability and unpredictability certainly put these children at higher risk... of developing psychiatric disorders and negative mental health outcomes," Evelyne Baroud, a child and adolescent psychiatrist told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

In a psychiatric ward he would not be liable to prosecution by Abelman and Levy, or whoever it was who would push the case.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole