Nebraska Statutes 71-423.01. Mental illness, defined
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Mental illness means a wide range of mental health disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior and can result in significantly impaired judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to address basic life necessities and requires care and treatment for health, safety, or recovery of the individual or for the safety of others.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-423.01
- Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
- Mental illness: means a wide range of mental health disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior and can result in significantly impaired judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to address basic life necessities and requires care and treatment for health, safety, or recovery of the individual or for the safety of others. See Nebraska Statutes 71-423.01
- Treatment: means a therapy, modality, product, device, or other intervention used to maintain well being or to diagnose, assess, alleviate, or prevent a disability, injury, illness, disease, or other similar condition. See Nebraska Statutes 71-431