精神病
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Meanings
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mental illness; psychosis
Broad term covering mental disorders; in medical contexts often refers to psychosis, but in everyday use can mean any serious mental illness.
He is hospitalized for a mental illness.
Treatment for mental illness often takes time.
Usage patterns
- 精神病にかかるto come down with / suffer from a mental illness
He suffered from a mental illness when he was young.
- 精神病を患うto be afflicted with a mental illness
My mother has been suffering from a mental illness for many years.
- 精神病の治療を受けるto receive treatment for a mental illness
She is receiving treatment for a mental illness.
- 精神病を発症するto develop a mental illness
Severe stress triggered the onset of his mental illness.