Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Ils sont chargés
English translation:
There is a strong history of psychiatric disorders
French term
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Ils sont chargés
Here's some quotes from the text:
"Antécédents médicaux personnels : Ils sont chargés. Tel que rapporté dans les dossiers médicaux, je vous y réfère puisqu’il ne s’agit pas de mon champ d’expertise. Madame est connue pour des douleurs dorsales chroniques secondaires à une cystinurie [...]"
"Antécédents psychiatriques familiaux : Ils sont chargés. Elle me rapporte que sa grand-mère maternelle avait un diagnostic psychiatrique lourd de schizophrénie. Sa sœur est diagnostiquée et suivie en psychiatrie pour une maladie affective bipolaire [...]"
| 5 | They are heavy/difficult/complicated |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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| 4 | overflowing or abundant |
Antoinette S
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| 3 | strong family history |
dwt2
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Aug 30, 2016 10:40: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Yolanda Broad, Nikki Scott-Despaigne, Steffen Walter
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Proposed translations
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
They are heavy/difficult/complicated
It is a common use of the term "chargé" in psychology and is based on one of the normal meanings of the term, to bear a load, to be weighed down, to be burdened.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2016-08-30 09:36:25 GMT)
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In the case of the "antécédents familiaux", this could mean, as suggsted by DWT2 that there are mental health problems in the family, "chargé" there indicating perhaps a long history of MH issues, or a number of family members affected, or one person affected with something very serious. It could even be referring, in a more global picture, to social difficulties. Chances are it's with reference to MH problems.
In context, it would dbe overtranslating to use "responsible for" as a rendering for "chargé". The implication is that they contribute in some way; it does not say they are the cause. Correlation, contribution, cause and their synonyms, have to be used very carefully in such contexts!
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Note added at 12 hrs (2016-08-30 09:43:48 GMT)
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Antécédents psychiatriques : ils sont chargés...
Antécédents médicaux : ils sont chargés...
The general idea therefore is that they are numerous and/or heavy/severe.
You might prefer to turn the phrase round :
- there is a long family history of psychiatric disorders
If you say long family history, strong family history, but without specifying the nature, if only general, of that history, then the reader is arguably left wondering whetehr the family history is positive or negative. I know, it's obvious in context that it means negative, but it needs to be said, as is indeed traditionally the case in such contexts.
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Note added at 22 hrs (2016-08-30 19:37:58 GMT)
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CORRECTION : "antécédants psychiatriques : ils sont chargés."
No mention of "antécédents familiaux psychiatriques" so I should have written
- there is a history of psychiatric disorders (could be a long history and/or a severe history. "Chargé" can mean either or both).
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Note added at 22 hrs (2016-08-30 19:40:48 GMT)
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Ignore last note. "Familiaux" is mentionned. Time for bed I think!
strong family history
In this case a strong family history of psychiatric disorders
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Your explanation is very likely what is being meant in the case of "antécédents fam". However, "strong family history" cld be positive and the context here is clearly negative. It does need qualifying in English as in "... of psych. disorders".
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overflowing or abundant
Le dossier est chargé d'information
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