paranoid schizophrenia

noun

: schizophrenia characterized especially by delusions of persecution, grandiosity, or jealousy and by hallucinations (such as hearing voices) chiefly of an auditory nature

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Dominick must help Thomas handle his struggles with paranoid schizophrenia, including a horrific act of political protest. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2022 Alicia Western, a 20-year-old psychiatric patient hospitalized for paranoid schizophrenia. —

Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022 Next were three more patients, who needed monthly antipsychotic injections, and then finally there was only one name left on her list - a patient suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who was five days overdue for his medication and had started harassing neighbors and punching walls. —

Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2022 Next were three more patients, who needed monthly antipsychotic injections, and then finally there was only one name left on her list — a patient suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who was five days overdue for his medication and had started harassing neighbors and punching walls. —

Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022 The woman’s family members told police during their investigation that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia and had stopped taking her medications. —

Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021 Five years later, his family released a statement to Geek News Now saying that Lloyd was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. —

Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023 His public defender has asked the parole board to remember Carneal was only 14 years old during the mass shooting, was suffering from undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia and was struggling with bullying and the transition from middle to high school. —

Holly Yan, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022 One of his sons turned out to have paranoid schizophrenia; the house, which was not insured, burned down. —

Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022 See More

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First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of paranoid schizophrenia was in 1940

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paranoid schizophrenia

noun

: schizophrenia characterized especially by delusions of persecution, grandiosity, or jealousy and by hallucinations (such as hearing voices) chiefly of an auditory nature