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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
Manessis was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years ago but had never been violent before, his relative said.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Court documents say Nelson was informed the victim may be suffering from schizophrenia.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Brown has a history of mental health issues, including a schizophrenia diagnosis, but his mother told The Charlotte Observer that despite seeking treatment for her son, she was repeatedly turned away.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
While studying for her Master of Social Work, Hartley Short led group and individual therapy sessions for veterans diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Court documents say Nelson was informed the victim may be suffering from schizophrenia.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Brown has a history of mental health issues, including a schizophrenia diagnosis, but his mother told The Charlotte Observer that despite seeking treatment for her son, she was repeatedly turned away.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
While studying for her Master of Social Work, Hartley Short led group and individual therapy sessions for veterans diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regular physical exercise can improve memory, reduce anxiety and depression and help reduce cognitive decline, such as dementia.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
6 Mar. 2026
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The role of inflammation While cardiovascular health has the most supporting data, large-scale studies have also linked sauna use to lower rates of respiratory illness and even some neurodegenerative conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the new study, Damme and researchers at Northwestern University worked with 17 people who were considered at high risk for psychosis and were not physically active.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The complaint alleges that Gavalas’s psychosis stemmed from engineering choices made by Google to make Gemini more engaging and lifelike.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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But for individuals experiencing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, that validation may amplify paranoia, grandiosity, or self-destructive thinking.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The complaint states Geter Pinder suffers from severe emotional distress, anxiety, paranoia about her safety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other ailments.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The self-torturing helices of thought twisting inside the young minds on the courts are no less fraught than the recursive neuroses tormenting the addicts down the hill.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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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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Anyone who has watched the last decade of merger mania in Hollywood has good reason to be skeptical.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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In addition to delusions and mania, the study found an increase in suicidal ideation and self-harm, disordered eating behaviors, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Attached to it is a video of Andrea Yates, the real Texas woman who drowned her five children amid an episode of postpartum psychosis and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, per the New York Times.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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To punish her company is an act of insanity.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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