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Dr. Rosenberg was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and said he came to understand that he was “brainsick” when he tried to kill himself.

Lawgivers have wrestled since biblical times with the issues of whether and when brainsick people are morally responsible for bad acts.

A million and a half brainsick Americans languish in our prisons and on our cruel streets.

The clamor is enough to make even the hardiest New Yorkers brainsick, thirsting for a spot of tranquility in the swirl of urban chaos.

To be brainsick and heartsick in a cruel and unfamiliar world is to be morbid.