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
Some models affirm signs of psychosis more than half the time when prompted.
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Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
She had been concerned over his struggle with addiction and mental health, which had led to period of psychosis.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Everything is at the expense of someone’s psychosis.
—Esther Zuckerman, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
The study aimed to find relationships between those having a particular chromosomal omission, known as DiGeorge syndrome or technically as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DS), and linking the brain patterns of those individuals to common psychosis symptoms.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
She had been concerned over his struggle with addiction and mental health, which had led to period of psychosis.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Everything is at the expense of someone’s psychosis.
—Esther Zuckerman, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
The study aimed to find relationships between those having a particular chromosomal omission, known as DiGeorge syndrome or technically as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DS), and linking the brain patterns of those individuals to common psychosis symptoms.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychosis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychosis
Noun
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My father handled most of the issues but now suffers from dementia, so there are a lot of unknowns.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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But people with dementia do actually live in the moment.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
Noun
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In another scenario, New Berlin police officers responded to a woman who was loitering and recognized signs of schizophrenia and PTSD.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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On Facebook in 2023, Rudd said he was given antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The duo, who started off as Hollywood actresses seen in films like Tyler Perry’s Duplicity and Lifetime’s The Wrong Cheerleader, share the joy of their ministry journey, which included bouts of mental instability and self-images issues.—
Anaja I. Smith,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
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This week's snowfall was triggered by unusual atmospheric instability affecting northern Chile.—
María de los Ángeles Orfila,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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