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psychiatric terms, or by means ofpsychiatry
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Examples
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People either bend the knee to the greater CCHQ wisdom or are described as psychiatrically unsound.
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The bulk of those identified as psychiatrically “unfit” had supposedly been weeded out from the draft.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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The bulk of those identified as psychiatrically “unfit” had supposedly been weeded out from the draft.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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Dutch authorities are investigating the deaths of 34 children at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys during the 1950s.
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Dutch authorities said Tuesday they were investigating possible murders at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys during the 1950s.
Dutch Investigate '50s Deaths at Catholic Institution John W. Miller 2011
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For its part, the ACOG recommends in a 2009 report that women with severe depression stay on medication during pregnancy, and that women who are psychiatrically stable may also be able to continue medication after consulting with their mental-health care provider and obstetrician.
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Maybe it was the ubiquity of Kiss' Gene Simmons who is so sexually and psychiatrically unbalanced that he told NPR's Terry Gross to "open your legs" in an interview -- or the appearance of a leering James Caan who was linked to Hollywood prostitute broker Heidi Fleiss.
Martha Rosenberg: Will Hugh Hefner Be Remembered as a Visionary or a Flesh Peddler? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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In the old hospital that I worked in, with kids and adolescents psychiatrically hospitalized, a whole floor was designated for sculpting, candle-making, weaving, collaging, painting...
Deborah Lynn, M.D.: Craft It Out M.D. Deborah Lynn 2011
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Conspiracy theories of that sort are signs of delusion, psychiatrically speaking.
Math and Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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World-Wide *** Dutch authorities said they were investigating possible murders during the 1950s at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys.
What's News— 2011
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