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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
Bristol-Myers Squibb down 16% Bristol-Myers is felling pressure after its schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy, failed expectations during a trial examining its efficacy as an add-on therapy for the disorder.
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Research shows that patients who have severe mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often live about 20 years less than somebody who doesn’t.
—Michelle Riba, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed an LSD analogue that has the potential to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Research shows that patients who have severe mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often live about 20 years less than somebody who doesn’t.
—Michelle Riba, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed an LSD analogue that has the potential to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Though its symptoms mimic those of dementia, NPH is reversible and can be treated with surgery to implant valves that allow CSF to drain into the chest or abdomen rather than the brain.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Devon lives with her father (Bill Camp), who is in early stages of dementia and requires considerable looking after.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Long term effects can include memory loss, psychosis, depression, numbness, or birth defects if the drug is used during pregnancy.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Already, reviews are raving about Lawrence’s performance as a woman who experiences postpartum depression and develops psychosis, opposite Robert Pattinson as her unfaithful husband.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
18 May 2025
Noun
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That will require adopting a rational approach, not one based on paranoia.—
James Bacon,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
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This was against the backdrop of a growing paranoia over different issues across the company.—
Karen Hao,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Both leads are superb, equally aggravated and aggravating, brittle with neuroses that occasionally relax and part to reveal gentle need.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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A bit later, her sometimes-exhausting internal monologues arrived on Broadway in song form, which aired out the neurosis.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
19 May 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
Noun
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The discovery of a Brazilian orchid with huge red-and-purple flowers in the early nineteenth century set off a mania for the exotic plants in Victorian England.—
Jenny Uglow,
The New York Review of Books,
22 May 2025
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Kissam was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which can cause periods of mania and depression.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing deaths of David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, at Davis’ Central and Sycamore parks; and the wounding of Kimberlee Guillory, then 64, in her tent in the city’s downtown.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 May 2025
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And in the insanity of general religion, why not a dolphin Jesus?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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In later stages there may be instability of the joints of the foot and deformities.—
Isabel Casimiro,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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Google started looking into nuclear energy after realizing renewables were potentially causing instability on the grid, said Caroline Golin, Google’s global head of energy market development.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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