MENTALLY ILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mentally ill mean? 

• MENTALLY ILL (adjective)
  The adjective MENTALLY ILL has 1 sense:

1. suffering from severe mental illness

  Familiarity information: MENTALLY ILL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTALLY ILL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering from severe mental illness

Synonyms:

mentally ill; unsound; unstable

Context example:

of unsound mind

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

 Context examples 

Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Considering your total clinical experience with this particular population, how mentally ill is the patient at this time?

(CGI - Severity of Illness, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists also found those who were mentally ill had, on average, three per cent less glutathione in same region of the brain and eight per cent less in the thalamus.

(Key to Treating Schizophrenia May Be Found in Broccoli, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)