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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
Recent research has looked at its potential benefits, in very low doses, for treatment of depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
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New Atlas, 23 June 2025
This policy is particularly dangerous for people living with schizophrenia, a condition that can profoundly impair a person’s ability to function in daily life.
—Carali McLean, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Irene’s husband has since died, and her 17-year-old son, Joe (Lawrence Shou), who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, hasn’t been the same since.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 June 2025
This might have helped the film more forcefully counter the assumption that schizophrenia, or other mental health issues of its kind, causes violent tendencies.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
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New Atlas, 23 June 2025
This policy is particularly dangerous for people living with schizophrenia, a condition that can profoundly impair a person’s ability to function in daily life.
—Carali McLean, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Irene’s husband has since died, and her 17-year-old son, Joe (Lawrence Shou), who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, hasn’t been the same since.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 June 2025
This might have helped the film more forcefully counter the assumption that schizophrenia, or other mental health issues of its kind, causes violent tendencies.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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My father handled most of the issues but now suffers from dementia, so there are a lot of unknowns.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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But people with dementia do actually live in the moment.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
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In the shadow of Coppola’s collective political fantasy Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 phantasmagoria Apocalypse Now put the concept of social disaster and political psychosis into the mainstream, from the Vietnam War to the Covidapocalypse.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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Another step that could help youth mental health is HB 1594, requiring health insurance plans to provide complete coverage to anyone younger than 26 years old who is experiencing psychosis for the first time.—
Stephen Simpson,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Years later, the child returns, triggering paranoia and violence.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Lyonne, a clear fan of Dutch angles, leans into the paranoia in her direction in these scenes.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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Not only was part two different in the neurosis of a pop singer, but the Melrose lot sold it on scares (in addition to wicked grinning people showing up at major events).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Agnes is socially competent, even charismatic, but beset by neuroses that seem genuinely frustrating to her, not the self-satisfied post-Woody Allen solipsism common to auteurs of this ilk.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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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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That’s a dismal performance for a tech company that ought to be benefiting mightily from the mania around AI.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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Opposite her control, Cynthia makes a solid comic foil with her trademark mania.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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On June 11, Lopez withdrew a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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Stines is scheduled to undergo a psychiatric evaluation this month, with the defense preparing to pursue an insanity or extreme emotional disturbance defense.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Pakistan is grappling with economic volatility, regional instability, and fraying alliances.—
Jack Rosen,
New York Daily News,
21 July 2025
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Without firm protections or clarity on future reimbursement, this budget sets up another round of fiscal instability for institutions that cannot afford to operate on hope and verbal commitments.—
Heather Somers,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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