"Mental illness" means a manifestation in a person of significantly impaired capacity to maintain acceptable levels of functioning in the areas of intellect, emotion and physical well- being.
W. Va. Code § 27-1-2
Mental illness
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 169 W. Va. 493 - State Ex Rel. R. S. v. Trent (1982)
Most recently applied in In Re Leon G. (July 2001)
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