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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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They were united by paranoia, and their quest to protect the American dream by exposing conspiracies and secrets that the powers-that-be would rather stayed hidden.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Patients can experience panic attacks, paranoia, elevated heart rates or psychological distress during sessions.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
31 May 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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Maybe he got swept up in the Knicks mania?—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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The directors stopped by the Deadline Studio at SXSW London, where the work premiered on Monday, to discuss the doc delving into the mythology, mania and method behind securing a star through the perspective of the UK restaurant scene.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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Initially, in 2019, Atkins pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but in 2021, he was found mentally competent to stand trial.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Dominguez also pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder in connection with Guillory’s attack.—
Darrell Smith
June 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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