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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
Prosecutors at this second trial say Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, used heavy and frequent doses of marijuana that heightened his psychosis and led to the attacks.
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Darrell Smith
june 8, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
Wendy Gledhill claims her son Michael, 44, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and stopped taking his medication a week before the actor's fatal stabbing.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Gregory Moore said Cherrie Moore has bipolar schizophrenia and is under treatment while out on bond.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 2 June 2026
Health workers say the sessions are designed as therapeutic interventions for living with anxiety, depression, autism, schizophrenia or other conditions.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
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Darrell Smith
june 8, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
Wendy Gledhill claims her son Michael, 44, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and stopped taking his medication a week before the actor's fatal stabbing.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Gregory Moore said Cherrie Moore has bipolar schizophrenia and is under treatment while out on bond.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 2 June 2026
Health workers say the sessions are designed as therapeutic interventions for living with anxiety, depression, autism, schizophrenia or other conditions.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Today, most hospice patients have neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, and dementia — diseases with long, unpredictable trajectories.—
Wes Kilgore,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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At the time, clients were more focused on physical health; cognitive health had a sort of stigma, viewed by many as just a treatment for early-stage dementia.—
Melinda Fulmer,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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Prosecutors at this second trial say Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, used heavy and frequent doses of marijuana that heightened his psychosis and led to the attacks.—
Darrell Smith
June 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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The internet is only just now recovering from the mass psychosis event that kicked off during Heated Rivalry’s inaugural season, which was a ratings hit for HBO Max.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
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The almost mythical concept that aliens from distant worlds could invade our planet has long been the source of paranoia for many conspiracy theorists and the source of entertainment across the pop culture landscape.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The ring-fencing isn't paranoia when data bleeds are a daily occurrence rather than a theoretical one.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Their dueling neuroses always worked in comedic concert.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 May 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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The imbalance in this case is going to be that hypomania is much less scanned during initial training by the AI than the day-to-day conditions, such as depression and anxiety.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, per the Mayo Clinic.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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The concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Admittedly, as a New Yorker, my algorithm was mostly a constant stream of Knicks mania.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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