NRS 433.164: “Mental illness” defined.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 39 — MENTAL HEALTH
- CHAPTER 433 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- DEFINITIONS FOR CHAPTERS 433 TO 433C, INCLUSIVE, OF NRS
“Mental illness” means a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, memory or behavior which seriously limits the capacity of a person to function in the primary aspects of daily living, including, without limitation, personal relations, living arrangements, employment and recreation. The term does not include other mental disorders that result in diminished capacity, including, without limitation, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dementia, delirium, brief periods of intoxication caused by alcohol or other substances or dependence upon or addiction to alcohol or other substances.
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