mental-disordered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mental disorder + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: “That’s a powerful statement – that there is no explanation for this type of violence. This is the mental-disordered perspective – investigators try to explain this bombing as psychopathic, narcissistic personalities who are simply doing this for media attention. If you say these people are a bunch of crazies running around, it obviates any necessity to understand the political motivations of individuals or to understand what effect the political situation may have in terms of motivating their behavior.”
ref: 1990 August 5, Steve Curwood, quoting Michael A. Milburn, “Does television stifle thought?”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 238, number 36, page 61:
text: Nowadays, as a result of rulings that a commitment of an insanity acquittee is to be based on the criteria of civil commitment, there is an increasing tendency to have several charges in mental-disordered offender cases, so that acquittal (by reason of NGRI) on one charge and a verdict of guilty of another charge (not requiring specific intent) can result in imprisonment after release from the hospital.
ref: 2002, Ralph Slovenko, “Diminished Capacity”, in Psychiatry in Law/Law in Psychiatry, New York, N.Y.; London: Brunner-Routledge, →ISBN, part III (Criminal Cases), page 274:
text: Whatever self-help group to which the counselor refers the dual-disordered client, spots of difficulty, such as those just stated, need to be anticipated through an acquaintance of the steps or guidelines for the program. For example, some excellent samples of modified 12-step work for schizophrenic/organic mental-disordered, manic-depressive, borderline, and antisocial clients are provided by K. Evans and Sullivan (2001).
ref: 2005, Geri Miller, “Assessment and Diagnosis of Dual Disorders”, in Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 72:
text: Other objections may be raised to the provisions that regulate the management of the mental-disordered patient in the UK.
ref: 2005, Simona Giordano, “Eating or Treating? Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Eating Disorders”, in Understanding Eating Disorders: Conceptual and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa (Issues in Biomedical Ethics), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, part 4 (Law, Ethics, and Ending Lives), page 205:
text: Community Reentry for Mental-Disordered Ex-Offenders
ref: 2006, Bruce A. Arrigo, “The Correctional System”, in Criminal Behavior: A Systems Approach, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 289:
text: When it comes to assessing dangerousness, the large number of drunks responsible for road traffic accidents and domestic violence are recorded daily by the police. But the salience of their dangerousness is much less than that of mental-disordered offenders.
ref: 2007, David Pilgrim, “Ashworth in context”, in David Pilgrim, editor, Inside Ashworth: Professional Reflections of Institutional Life, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Still the empty-headed Democrats of the liberal ink squawk that the war is lasting too long. I am convinced that the mental-disordered liberals are the defeatist party.
ref: 2007 September 15, Joe F. Priola, “Perspective on war”, in Northwest Herald, page 10A:
synonyms: mentally disordered
mentally ill
glosses: Having a mental disorder.