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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433 - General Provisions
NRS 433.164 - Mental illness defined.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat ยง 433.164 (2011)
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Mental illness means a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, memory or behavior which:

1. Is listed in the most recent edition of the clinical manual of the International Classification of Diseases, ICD-9-CM, code range 295 to 302.9, inclusive, 306 to 309.9, inclusive, or 311 to 316, inclusive, or the corresponding code in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV, Axis I; and

2. 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.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1591; A 2003, 1941)

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