Sentence examples for precarious mental state from inspiring English sources

Atonality was an idea then in vogue among the Schoenberg circle, and it seemed ideally suited to reflect the protagonist's precarious mental state and his descent into madness.

Each scene is a further accretion of terror and uncertainty, a blurring of the boundary between Nick's precarious mental state and the equally unpredictable world he inhabits.

We assume he's a manifestation of Frank's precarious mental state, a symbol of his shaky grip on his own sense of manhood, as though Frank is compensating for his feelings of degradation by inventing a model of exaggerated visibility.

It could be that the fractured, unsettled aspect of the narrative is intended to reflect the precarious mental state of the central character – an extended flashback recalls a period Harriet spent in hospital following a breakdown.

This new political direction may be putting some citizens in a precarious mental state.

Shackleton himself commanded the James Caird, Worsley the Dudley Docker, and navigating officer Hubert Hudson was nominally in charge of the Stancomb Wills, though because of his precarious mental state the effective commander was Tom Crean.

Ms. Rosario's mother, Isabel DeLeon, 75, has schizophrenia, and her mental state is so precarious that Ms. Rosario has not told her of Nelson's death this year.

For Lisette and other women whose mental state is more precarious, the stress of juggling sleep-deprivation, caring for an infant and an older sibling, the demands of a full time job, and holding a marriage together is more than enough to trigger an acute postpartum psychosis.

His mental state deteriorated.

His mental state had deteriorated rapidly.

How will it affect their mental state?