mental collapse
Example Sentences
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Jonathan Laidlaw KC told the court four mental health experts had concluded Safi suffered a "complete mental collapse" during the incident.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Leavitt consistently contradicts reality with ease — it’s a skill that would cause mental collapse in a person with a conscience.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
An oppressive sense of ruin blankets the film, its repeated adoption of Erik’s gaze suggesting the projection of an ongoing mental collapse.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
He returned to New York to be near his father, who suffered a mental collapse.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021
Aleck, however, went to pieces, gone down in that species of mental collapse by which deliberate, judicial men become reckless, and strong men become weak.
From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher
