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Recent Examples of hallucinosis
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.
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Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinosis
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Michel — who grew up in a hyper-religious family — had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and epilepsy as a teenager.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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It’s linked to higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease, digestive disorders, autoimmune disease, dementia, depression, Parkinson’s, cancer—and, of course, insomnia.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
23 Oct. 2025
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The drug’s upcoming late-stage trial readout on Alzheimer’s psychosis is arguably even more important for long-term investors.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Doctors diagnosed him with psychosis, possibly drug induced.—
Coley Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Amid the paranoia of the Cold War, the eight-episode season (critics received five for review) has many eerie elements, including its parallels to the present day.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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From there, investigators, journalists, and suspects become entangled in a labyrinth of fear, obsession, and paranoia.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Hallucinosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinosis. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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