a mentally ill person

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• person — noun ⇨ See also ↑people ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ elderly, old ▪ married, single ▪ gay …   Collocations dictionary

• Hallucinations in those who are not mentally ill — A hallucination may occur in a person in a state of good mental and physical health, even in the apparent absence of a transient trigger factor such as fatigue, intoxication or sensory deprivation.It is not yet widely recognised that… …   Wikipedia

• ill — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (esp. BrE) adj. ⇨ See also ↑sick VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem ▪ lie ▪ He was lying ill in bed …   Collocations dictionary

• ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …   Useful english dictionary

• mad person — [n] person who is considered mentally ill bedlamite, crazy person, demented, deranged, idiot, imbecile, loon, lunatic, maniac, mental case*, patient, psycho*, psychopath, psychotic, raver*, schizophrenic, sociopath; concepts 412,423 …   New thesaurus

• Lone Wolf (person) — Lone Wolf (Native name Guipago) was a Kiowa chief who lived from 1820 to 1879. On December 16,1868, Guipago and Satanta were arrested by Custer and taken to Fort Cobb.Guipago brought forth an action against US Secretary of the Interior Ethan… …   Wikipedia

• certifiable —    mentally unstable but still at liberty    Medical experts and a magistrate had at one time to certify that a mentally ill person could be involuntarily incarcerated:     I won t put him in an asylum. He really and truly isn t certifiable. (M.… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union — Soviet Union …   Wikipedia

• Involuntary commitment — For involuntary treatment in non hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court ordered into treatment in a… …   Wikipedia

• Seung-Hui Cho — Background information Occupation Student Born January 18, 1984(1984 01 18) Seoul, South Korea D …   Wikipedia

• Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act — The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 (Public Law 84 830) was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska. It became the focus of a major political controversy [ One of the most… …   Wikipedia