Word: mentalism
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That picture is of a man with a long history of mental illness, but an equally long history of attempts to overcome...
...Hunt’s attorney in January 2001, Hunt was at the time suffering from and being treated for diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and secondary post traumatic stress disorder. The first is characterized by severe mood swings and depression mixed with schizophrenia-like symptoms. The second refers to mental illness brought on by interactions with or the witnessing of others who experienced great trauma. It is often associated with the horrors of war or abuse...
Cambridge Public Defender David G. Twohig, who is representing Cicero, says his client’s planned defense is that he lacked criminal responsibility on account of mental illness. While several psychiatric experts have examined Cicero for the state, deeming him competent to stand trial, Twohig has hired an independent neuropsychologist to help him make the case that Cicero should not be held responsible for his actions on Sept. 19 of last year...
...Holtzen said that based upon his own later examinations of the defendant, Cicero did not suffer from a mental illness as defined by Department of Mental Health regulations...
...Student Mental Health Task Force recommends that University Health Services Mental Health Services and the Bureau of Study Counsel report to a single administrator...