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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
Another ongoing federal lawsuit alleges Shamond Lewis, who had schizophrenia, died in 2022 at the hands of detention officers.
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Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Irrespective of symptoms, such interventions can support people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities like schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorder.
—Adrienne Lapidos, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Using marijuana also did not improve other mental health conditions such as anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD; or psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, Wilson said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
If someone is diagnosed with a debilitating form of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, for example, private insurance often can’t place them in a bed that would provide them with needed — indeed, potentially life-saving — full-time care.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Irrespective of symptoms, such interventions can support people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities like schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorder.
—Adrienne Lapidos, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Using marijuana also did not improve other mental health conditions such as anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD; or psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, Wilson said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
If someone is diagnosed with a debilitating form of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, for example, private insurance often can’t place them in a bed that would provide them with needed — indeed, potentially life-saving — full-time care.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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Shon Lowe, a Chicago-area resident, is a patient advocate and caregiver to her mother, Terrie Montgomery, a longtime advocate who lives with frontotemporal dementia.—
Shon Lowe,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors used details from the home takeover to argue for a lengthy prison term, describing how Serrano and other gangsters took advantage of an 84-year-old woman who had dementia.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Several reports find psychosis among those who are addicted and could result in hallucinations, delusions and confusion.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s perhaps for the best, given the ongoing discussions surrounding AI psychosis, a troubling trend that has caused an alarming wave of mental health crises as the tech coaxes some users into spirals of paranoid and delusional behavior.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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As the investigation unfolds, the narrative pivots between rational inquiry and collective paranoia.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 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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Plus, with Chanel mania taking over fashion, a design inspired by the house’s iconic ballerinas is never a bad investment.—
India Roby,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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The mania helped China rise to second place in Brand Finance’s global soft power index, up from fifth at the start of the decade.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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The man charged in a 2023 shooting that killed a pregnant Seattle woman and her unborn baby has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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The mere decision to embark on such an endeavor takes bravery and maybe a little insanity.—
Thomas Floyd,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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