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mental disease

mental disease In this historical source, mental disease is a general label for pathological conditions of the mind, understood through more specific named mental disorders.

In this historical source, mental disease is a general label for pathological conditions of the mind, understood through more specific named mental disorders. It is linked broadly with categories such as psychosis and neurosis.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Mental Disease” (Mental Disease).
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