mental illness
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mental illness
A serious mental illness that profoundly affects a person's thinking, feelings, perception, and behavior.
Die Behandlung einer Geisteskrankheit erfordert oft eine Kombination aus Therapie und Medikamenten.
The treatment of a mental illness often requires a combination of therapy and medication.
The word consists of 'Geist' (mind/spirit, in the sense of intellect or psyche) and 'Krankheit' (illness). So it literally describes an illness of the mind.
Schizophrenie ist eine schwere Geisteskrankheit.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness.
This term is very formal and clinical. In everyday language, it can be perceived as very strong, direct, and sometimes outdated or stigmatizing.
In alten medizinischen Berichten wird oft der Begriff Geisteskrankheit verwendet.
In old medical reports, the term mental illness is often used.
Common verbs used with this noun are 'an einer Geisteskrankheit leiden' (to suffer from a mental illness), 'eine Geisteskrankheit diagnostizieren' (to diagnose a mental illness), or 'eine Geisteskrankheit behandeln' (to treat a mental illness).
Der Patient leidet an einer seltenen Geisteskrankheit.
The patient suffers from a rare mental illness.
madness / amazing
In its older or literary sense, Wahnsinn refers to a state of severe mental confusion. Geisteskrankheit, on the other hand, refers to a serious mental illness and puts the focus on the condition as an illness. Geisteskrankheit is therefore more appropriate for an actual illness.
Der Patient leidet an einer schweren Geisteskrankheit, die seine Wahrnehmung verändert.
The patient suffers from a serious mental illness that alters his perception.
Im alten Roman verfällt der einsame König langsam dem Wahnsinn.
In the old novel, the lonely king slowly descends into madness.
