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Weeping, into a mental disorder (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamentation

'weeping' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'into a mental disorder' is the wordplay.
'disorder' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'diseased' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'into'+'a'+'mental'='intoamental'
'intoamental' anagrammed gives 'LAMENTATION'.

(Other definitions for lamentation that I've seen before include "sad expression" , "Regret" , "Keen" , "Show of grief" , "Expression of sorrow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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