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mental illness

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mental illness

Disordered functioning of the mind. Since normal working cannot easily be defined, the borderline between mild mental illness and normality is a matter of opinion (not to be confused with normative behaviour; see norm). It is broadly divided into two categories: neurosis, in which the patient remains in touch with reality; and psychosis, in which perception, thought, and belief are disordered.



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