mental disorder

And the committee itself has highlighted a range of areas which need attention, including rules around residency and how to fairly assess the decision-making capacity of people with mental disorders.

So I said, “My secret is that I have anorexia. I have a severe mental disorder. This isn’t healthy, and I’m trying to beat this.”

A psychological assessment showed no evidence of Saadi having a diagnosed mental disorder and he had only features of autistic spectrum disorder.

More than 34,000 inmates — more than a third of the California prison population — are considered to have some sort of serious mental disorder.

“Fifty percent of patients with mental disorders, particularly severe mental disorders, are suicidal,” van Os said.