How to Use mental illness in a Sentence

mental illness

noun

• Police have still not declared a motive in the case, but said the gunman showed signs of mental illness.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• On Monday, Sudeikis and other cast members showed up at the White House to talk about mental illness.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
• But the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
• Carter said her goal was for the book to help dispel stigmas that cause people with mental illness to hide from help.
  — Caleigh Bartash, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• Desmond said the gun-violence problem is mental illness, not a need to curb access to guns.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
• Hawaii had the highest rate of adults 18 and older with any mental illness who did not receive treatment at 69%.
  — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
• For instance, my mother’s heart is not her mental illness.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
• Virginia law says such orders are used in cases of mental illness.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
• Not just run-of-the-mill discontent over darker evenings, but the makings of an actual mental illness.
  — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
• Jurors disagreed but found that Miller was suffering from mental illness at the time.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
• Picture an archer’s target; at the bull’s-eye, place the most basic of possible causes for mental illness—say, genes.
  — George Makari, The New Yorker, 13 July 2023
• Rosalynn's support of mental health services and awareness is a reminder to us all that the challenge of mental illness is still a great need.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
• Wright has made violent threats in the past and also struggles with mental illness, according to court records.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• The Pulitzer Prize-winning play is about a family who are brilliant at math but also face challenges of mental illness.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
• But privately, Sisi struggled with mental illness as well as grief following the deaths of her son and sister.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
• For many people in Mississippi, the path to treatment for a serious mental illness may run through the local jail — even though they haven’t been charged with a crime.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2024
• The ex-girlfriend also mentioned Eaton had a history of mental illness.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• Noelle Ramirez died by suicide while battling mental illness.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Many of them are experiencing some kind of mental illness, which can be intensified by the stress of not having a home.
  — Euan McKirdy, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• And the number of detainees with psychiatric needs has risen: About one in five people held on Rikers has some form of serious mental illness.
  — Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• This includes people suffering from mental illness, who may not be able to maintain a schedule of a daily dose like the birth control pill.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• This type of anorexia is different than the mental illness anorexia nervosa.
  — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2024
• On May 4, Card's ex-wife told the deputy that Card's sister, who is a nurse, had done research on hearing loss and mental illness in connection with Card, according to the report.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Mental health experts said students will have better health outcomes if schools can catch and treat early signs of mental illness.
  — Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• The note was one of the many alarming posts penned by O'Connor, who opened up about her struggles with mental illness and depression on multiple occasions.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• The doctor’s report to the court — dated a week after the death — opined that Rupard suffered from severe mental illness and was not competent to stand trial.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• There’s been a resurgence of interest in recent years into using psychedelics to treat severe mental illness.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
• While rates of mental illness are virtually the same across ethnicities in the U.S., only about 25% of Black people seek treatment.
  — Jazmin Towe, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
• Like other psychedelics, ayahuasca has emerged as a potential treatment for mental illness.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
• In court documents filed ahead of sentencing, Baldwin said Jacobs had grown up in and out of foster care and had an untreated mental illness.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024