178.3985 - “Mental disorder” defined. - Nevada Statutes

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, mental retardation and related conditions.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1424, 1777)