Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.3985 (2026)
“Mental disorder” defined
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NRS 178.3985 “Mental disorder” defined. “Mental
disorder” means a mental illness that results from a psychiatric or
neurological disorder that so substantially impairs the mental or emotional
functioning of the person as to make care or treatment necessary or advisable
for the welfare of the person or for the safety of the person or property of
another and includes, without limitation, intellectual disabilities and developmental
disabilities.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1424, 1777; A 2013, 689)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Ashraf (Farid) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2017).
Ashraf (Farid) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2017). “, NRS 178.3985 (defining mental disorder); NRS 178.”
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