The illness, therefore, would stem from the displeasure of the gods or God, due to an infraction of universal moral law.

Believing that mental illness stemmed from organic problems within the brain, psychiatrists had devised a series of treatments, including electroshock therapy and lobotomy.

Less often, the illness may stem from food contaminated by a food worker.

He calls a psychoanalytic approach harmful because it implies that the illness stems from the way the patient was treated in childhood.

There were suggestions at the time that his illness stemmed from blood doping or the synthetic hormone Erythropoietin, both of which can help build stamina.

In the case of Goya, he concluded that the Spanish painter's illnesses and grotesqueries stemmed from lead poisoning and his peculiar work habits.

Because of the findings, veterans will not have to prove that their illnesses stemmed from Agent Orange exposure.

Gwen's denial over her son Jonathan's illness also stems from her inability to accept the fact that she could lose another child like she lost Sarah.

Much mental illness stems from people repressing their hostility and trying to be nice, too nice.

The other is that mental illness stems from acquired or genetically induced biochemical abnormalities in the brain.