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a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave normally and often experiences delusions
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Recent Examples of schizophrenia
Rudd's diagnosis has not been described in court, but on Facebook in 2023, Rudd said he was given antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia.
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
People with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or neurological disorders were excluded.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Brown had 14 prior arrests and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother told the Charlotte Observer.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Reports indicate he had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
People with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or neurological disorders were excluded.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Brown had 14 prior arrests and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother told the Charlotte Observer.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Reports indicate he had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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This is the conclusion of a study led by researchers from Florida's Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, who suspect that—just like some adult humans with dementia are occasionally found wandering far from their homes—dolphins may become similarly disoriented when suffering from Alzheimer's.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Another 2025 study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, found that adopting the MIND diet, even later in life, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.—
Arianna Huffington,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Will There Ever Be Another You, the main character struggles with an illness similar to long COVID, descending into a state of debility and psychosis as readers experience the chaos of her unraveling life.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Sep. 2025
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Evelyn’s agenda, articulated in a book that is unconvincingly treated as a bestseller, has something to do with epigenetic trauma and kids being the victims of psychoses patterned through their parents.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Modern Family cast has indeed reunited in various permutations over the years — none of them inflaming fan paranoia as much as 2023's reunion-sans-Burrell.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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This is a show heavily interested in the way paranoia turns us all into weapons of mass destruction in our communities, especially when everyone’s looking to escape the ennui of their small-town blues.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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These books, like Sean Thor Conroe’s Fuccboi; Adem Luz Rienspect’s Mixtape Hyperborea; Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection; Sebastian Castillo’s Fresh, Green Life; and most recently, Jordan Castro’s Muscle Man, all depict the male psyche as a pulsing wound of self-conscious neurosis.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Americans are particularly susceptible to these neuroses.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Boes was working with a patient who had a rare disorder called peduncular hallucinosis, in which damage to the thalamus, a structure at the center of the brain, causes visual hallucinations.—
Grace Huckins,
Wired,
17 Aug. 2020
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Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
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And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.—
Megan Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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The extraordinary mania and positivity has been intoxicating.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Following his arrest, Gein was charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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But beneath the insanity, there's real heart, pathos, and vulnerability.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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