Dementia is most often thought of as a memory disorder, an illness of the aging mind.

痴呆症通常被认为是一种因年龄增长而引起的记忆障碍性疾病。

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This simple approach has already been shown to work for anxiety and addictions, and is now being tested for alcohol abuse, post-traumatic-stress disorder and several other disturbances of the mind.

这种简单的方法已被采纳用以治疗焦虑症和成瘾症 ，现正测试其对酗酒、创伤后压力综合症以及其他一些心理疾患的应用治疗情形。

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Literature, by contrast, tries to find the pain and disorder of life inside and outside the mind.

而与此形成对照的是，文学则试图在思想内外找到有关生活的痛苦和无序。

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It's a disorder of your mind.

NPR: Roundtable: Black Women and Body Image

There have been more than 20 studies that suggest an increased rate of bipolar and depressive illnesses in highly creative people, says Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and author of the "An Unquiet Mind, " a memoir of living with bipolar disorder.

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The prosecution said she had borderline personality disorder and her mental state was variable, while the defence said she had no control of her mind.

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