mental institution
42
3.6
- noun
- /ˈmɛn.təl ˌɪn.stɪˈtuː.ʃən/
- Archaic
:
hospital psiquiátrico
- After struggling with his mental health, he was admitted to a mental institution for specialized care.
The song is about this mental institution.
- The song is about this mental institution.
- Today, the largest mental institution in any community is the local jail or the local prison.
- So I ended up in a mental institution for three months and my drug use was to stay awake at work, stay awake at work.
- And now it's it's like a mental institution.
- And I said the drug addict middle-aged man in the mental institution.
- And then the other thing is how many people actually got admitted to mental institutions section the compulsory detention are much fewer.
Examples
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A person who's found incompetent for trial is sent to a state mental institution and treated and may become competent for trial.
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If you gave me the name of the mental institution, maybe I could confirm his story.
Fiction book (1995) -
All right, we gotta get these guys back to the mental institution.
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Uh, we're from the, uh, state mental institution.
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Yeah, it's a mental institution.
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Many people seem to think that a mental institution is better than jail.
Blog text (21) -
Look, we can put you in a mental institution.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 1985, I ended up in a mental institution when I was so confused by it all.
Blog text (17) -
My father escaped from a New Jersey mental institution in 1963.
Fiction book (2001) -
When he was seven, his mother had been committed to a mental institution, and his father couldn't keep him.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
125
5.6
A hospital for people with mental illness or intellectual disability who need long-term care
64
7.5
A hospital where people with mental health problems get care
38
2.8
A hospital where doctors help people with problems of the mind
19
3.0
A hospital that treats people with mental health problems
1
9.9
A hospital where people with mental illness lived and got treatment in the past
1
6.1
A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness
How Secure
19
3.0
- Archaic
42
3.6
1
3.0
- Specialized
41
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hospital or facility for the care and treatment of people with mental illnesses' follows directly from combining 'mental' (relating to the mind/psychiatric) and 'institution' (an organization or facility). This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern makes the phrase immediately inferable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Mental institution comes from the words mental (about the mind) and institution (a place set up to care for people). Long ago, special places were made to look after people with problems of the mind, so the phrase means 'a hospital or place for treating mental illness'.