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Today the public complains that psychiatrists seem ready to call every state of mental distress an illness.
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The virus lives in the nerve roots in a dormant state, and is re-activated during times of illness and stress.
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The Oxford English Dictionary documents how the word "rabid" found similar purchase in English during the 17th century, as a term of illness but also as a wrenching state of agitation: "rabid with anguish" (1621), "rabid Griefe" (1646).
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There's no official term for milder forms of "nervous breakdown, " though some patients and clinicians wish there was still a name for a temporary state of being overwhelmed by outside forces without an underlying mental illness.
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Kazmierczak had no arrest record and no known history of mental illness, and he had a valid state-required firearm ID card, so he had no problem buying the guns, one law enforcement source said.
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Earlier in April, Chavez spoke at a Mass in his home state of Barinas, tearing up at times as he discussed his struggle with illness.
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Massachusetts is one state that the CDC had identified as having high activity of influenza-like illness based on the week ending December 29, but downgraded it to "moderate" activity in Friday's update.
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"I don't think we're well set as a state at all to be able to deal with these intensive cases" of mental illness, acknowledged Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, usually an avid proponent of downsizing social programs.
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But neither the federal government nor any state requires all households to protect themselves from the potentially catastrophic costs of a serious accident or illness.
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Speaking at a Mass in his home state of Barinas on Thursday night, he teared up at times as he discussed his struggle with illness.
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