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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
Reiner has been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, similar mental health conditions that can involve delusions, paranoia, hallucinations and mood swings.
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Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
It’s been widely reported that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia several years ago.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
Multiple outlets reported in December that Nick was being treated for schizophrenia.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Williams, who has an IQ of below 60 and is diagnosed with schizophrenia, had originally entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
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Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
It’s been widely reported that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia several years ago.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
Multiple outlets reported in December that Nick was being treated for schizophrenia.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Williams, who has an IQ of below 60 and is diagnosed with schizophrenia, had originally entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Bruce was diagnosed with dementia in 2023 and has been living separately from his family with full-time care since 2025, as the couple has two young girls living at home.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Under the program, younger inmates are trained to care for elderly prisoners living with dementia.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For the first time in months, no meth psychosis obstructed my view.—
Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Psychiatrists suggested that chatbot models should contain reality-testing nudges to avoid AI psychosis.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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For decades, those who have staffed Iran’s apparatus of repression have lived in a permanent state of paranoia.—
Omid Memarian,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 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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This cuts through a lot of the shame, worry and neurosis we can get lost in.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
18 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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Without any external check, at least until his plans hit the wall of Mike Pence and the Senate, the internal check collapsed and mania ran wild.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Payton found shared mania in Brees.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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The insanity of the transfer portal.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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Here’s a few facts about those involved in the insanity.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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