psychosis

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Recent Examples of psychosis Signs of psychosis can include hearing, seeing, or believing things that others don't, suspiciousness or extreme uneasiness, inappropriate emotions and trouble concentrating. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 Clinically, psychosis isn’t one diagnosis. Jenna Glover, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025 This is mass political psychosis. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 And Cherry doesn’t need much to encourage her dormant psychosis. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for psychosis
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Noun
  • 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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    Arianna Huffington, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ed Gein died in 1984 from cancer Following his arrest, Gein was diagnosed with schizophrenia, per A&E, and declared mentally unfit for trial, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
    Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • He was diagnosed with schizophrenia after he was taken into custody.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Putin accused European nations of fueling instability by increasing military spending and deepening integration under NATO.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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