Off one's rocker. Nuts. Mad. Bonkers. Three separate words.
No, a psycopath is a mentally ill, or "insane" person.
The opposite of sane is insane, which refers to someone who is mentally ill or not of sound mind.
The word "insane" is an adjective. It describes a person or thing as mentally ill or exhibiting extreme foolishness.
An Asylum or a Psychiatric Hospital, is an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill
totally bonkers, split personality, insane asa bag of hammers
They send the mentally ill to the INSANE asylum.The man went INSANE after his son totalled his car.
A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the Superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.
One such word is sanity. also, insane = seriously mentally ill sane = mentally healthy and able to think in a reasonable way
Robert D. Miller has written: 'Involuntary civil commitment of the mentally ill in the post-reform era' -- subject(s): Civil rights, Commitment and detention, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Insane, Legislation, Patient advocacy
Hy Bloom has written: 'Defending mentally disordered persons, 1995' -- subject(s): Defense (Criminal procedure), Insanity, Jurisprudence, Mentally ill offenders 'Defending mentally disordered persons' -- subject(s): Criminal and dangerous Insane, Defense (Criminal procedure), Insane, Criminal and dangerous, Insanity, Jurisprudence
It depends on the context of the word, if you are referring to a person who is insane you could say mentally ill, deranged, irrational, of unsound mind, psychotic, paranoid, frenzied or cuckoo. If you are referring to an situation as insane you could say wild, unhinged, raging, or impractical.