How to Use paranoid schizophrenia in a Sentence
paranoid schizophrenia
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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
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My mother's mom, my grandmother, lived with paranoid schizophrenia.
—Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
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The woman said the man suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and addiction issues.
—cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
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Relatives said Gladen was legally blind and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
—oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
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Reinking has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
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Sheila, a successful model who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, was found dead holding the murder weapon.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
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Crump said that Turner suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and that Delacruz knew about her mental illness.
—Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2020
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His mother told them her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had been particularly troubled the past three weeks.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
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Kahl told officers he had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was off his medication and high on drugs.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
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He was found to have paranoid schizophrenia and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital, dying in 2009.
—CBS News, 15 Feb. 2018
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Bloom didn’t learn that her mother had paranoid schizophrenia until her mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
—Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
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Scott's mother told the Star that her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia but refused to seek treatment for his condition.
—William Cummings, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
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Irene’s sister was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had to be hospitalized.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
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Evans recommended that Gilbert be screened for paranoid schizophrenia in the months before the incident.
—Sonia Moghe, CNN, 27 June 2019
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In addition to diabetes, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and struggled to live a normal life.
—Tim Elfrink, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
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He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but refused to take the medication that eased his delusional thoughts.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Christopher Sharikas was 17 years old at the time and had been recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
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He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and substance abuse and has been treated at mental-health facilities.
—Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
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Noemi Garcia said her brother is mentally ill, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia about three years ago.
—Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
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His lawyers said Dixon had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, suffered from hallucinations and was blind and in frail health.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 11 May 2022
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Danner was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and had been hospitalized at least 10 times.
—Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2018
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But the same streets that give Vinnola comfort are also unsafe for a man battling dual demons of drug use and chronic paranoid schizophrenia.
—Kaiser Health News, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
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Jake was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2008 after dropping out of college.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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In his first entry, McCloud shared that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia.
—Bobby Carter, NPR, 12 May 2026
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Court documents say that Hoggle, now 30, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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Vinson Edge had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and stopped taking his medication about a month ago, his brother told police.
—Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2017
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Stone suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and his trial was delayed until six years after the killings — in part because of questions about his mental capacity.
—Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 6 Feb. 2021
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The mother said her older daughter, who made threats to kill her and her younger daughter, had not taken her medications for bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia.
—Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
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Reached by phone, Karmali’s former roommate, a 61-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, said he’d been told Karmali died because of the virus.
—Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
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Neely’s family says he has been diagnosed with bipolar disease and paranoid schizophrenia and was living on Galveston streets for several years.
—Nick Powell, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
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