as in dementia
a very serious mental illness that makes you behave strangely or believe things that are not true
The patient suffers from some kind of psychosis.
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Recent Examples of psychosis
My own experience with autoimmune encephalitis—a disease that distorted my reality, sending me into psychosis and delusions—had left me fascinated by the potentials and limits of our minds.
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Susannah Cahalan, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
The novel’s dark genius is in treating Bateman’s bespoke consumerism as the deeper psychosis.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Psychological assessments conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019 and 2021 concluded Hale wasn't suffering from psychosis and recommended outpatient treatment.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Although significantly less common than other perinatal mood disorders, postpartum psychosis is a medical emergency that all women of childbearing age should be aware of.
—Kaitlyn May, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
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Susannah Cahalan, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
The novel’s dark genius is in treating Bateman’s bespoke consumerism as the deeper psychosis.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Psychological assessments conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019 and 2021 concluded Hale wasn't suffering from psychosis and recommended outpatient treatment.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Although significantly less common than other perinatal mood disorders, postpartum psychosis is a medical emergency that all women of childbearing age should be aware of.
—Kaitlyn May, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychosis
Noun
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Be smart: Keeping your brain on its toes, so to speak, can help prevent dementia.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
7 May 2025
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Social isolation is a leading risk factor for a wide range of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.—
Rob Simmelkjaer,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Related article ‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana’: Surgeon General warns pregnant women and youth about pot risks Young people who use marijuana are more likely to develop long-lasting mental disorders, including depression, social anxiety and schizophrenia, and drop out of school, the CDC said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
Noun
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In today’s hyper-connected world, headline after headline about an economic downturn, rising prices and global instability seeps into the workplace, shaping employee morale, workplace culture and even job performance.—
Gyre Renwick,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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