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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
Her sister, who was ten years older, had graduated from Berkeley and married a man who turned out to have schizophrenia.
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Helen Sullivan, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The program, established by the CARE Act of 2022, allows people with schizophrenia to qualify for behavioral health aid and other assistance programs if they’re found incompetent to stand trial.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
Nick Reiner could face the potential death penalty if convicted, although California has placed a moratorium on executions, and his attorneys are expected to present an insanity defense after reports that the 32-year-old has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
For years, Mitul Desai felt that the best way to deal with his little brother's schizophrenia was to avoid talking about it.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
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Helen Sullivan, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The program, established by the CARE Act of 2022, allows people with schizophrenia to qualify for behavioral health aid and other assistance programs if they’re found incompetent to stand trial.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
Nick Reiner could face the potential death penalty if convicted, although California has placed a moratorium on executions, and his attorneys are expected to present an insanity defense after reports that the 32-year-old has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
For years, Mitul Desai felt that the best way to deal with his little brother's schizophrenia was to avoid talking about it.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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Memory loss, cognitive decline, anxiety, sleep disruption, dementia and cardiovascular disease are all known risks of long-term alcohol use, as well as liver complications like fatty liver disease.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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In order to fully get away with the crimes, Alice faked having dementia, so no one would ever suspect her.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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However, it was subsequently discovered that Phillips had previously been diagnosed with psychosis, paranoia and major depressive disorder at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to Denton County sheriff’s records.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, who also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, follows Grace (Lawrence), who develops postpartum depression, and, alongside her partner Jackson (Pattinson), enters psychosis.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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There's paranoia built into every detail of this production, why would the set be any exception?—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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The show’s atmosphere of paranoia and mistrust seemed terribly prophetic in 2020, when this production—also from Steppenwolf—opened and closed early due to the pandemic shutdown.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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That wouldn’t be a weakness in and of itself, but his archetypical characters weren’t built to carry a ‘Lawrence of Arabia’-sized epic that hinges on the nuances of their love, grief, and neuroses.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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Kruger, who was so much fun as a randy noblewoman in HBO Max’s French-language Dangerous Liaisons riff The Seduction, captures Jess’ neuroses without going full antivax harpy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
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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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The pistachio-mania doesn’t stop there with Starbucks’ new Iced Dubai Chocolate Matcha and Iced Dubai Chocolate Mocha.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Individual investors’ share of total stock trades this year climbed to highs last seen during the short-squeeze mania four years ago, according to data from a working paper by professors at Chapman University, Boston College and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
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She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 and was placed in a maximum-security psychiatric center in Texas, where she's resided ever since.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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In addition, only 26% of defendants raising the insanity defense were found not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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