mental decay

His hand-crafted sci-fi nightmare imagines a future where a man-made elixir, after which the movie is titled, stops physical and mental decay, allowing humans to achieve god-like status.

Certainly we must now be set on a path to mental decay and desuetude.

Although that mash-up is at times incongruent, laboring to connect two tales that share thematic ground but lack narrative cohesion, the impressionistic perspective on Poe’s fear of mental decay unsettles all the same.

“But the years of mental decay have just begun,” Colbert continued, imitating the president.

The Insaniacs’ 1982 album, “Mental Decay,” received some radio airplay.