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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
Substantial evidence links marijuana with the development of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Omer Awan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
But Bob, who suffers from schizophrenia and anxiety, doesn't share Rogers' mental stability and strong moral compass.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Lisa Cotton suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as asthma, and young Nazir Millien was severely autistic and disabled, said police sources.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
One symptom of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental-health conditions can be a refusal to eat and drink.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia
Omer Awan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
But Bob, who suffers from schizophrenia and anxiety, doesn't share Rogers' mental stability and strong moral compass.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Lisa Cotton suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as asthma, and young Nazir Millien was severely autistic and disabled, said police sources.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
One symptom of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental-health conditions can be a refusal to eat and drink.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Be smart: Keeping your brain on its toes, so to speak, can help prevent dementia.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
7 May 2025
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Social isolation is a leading risk factor for a wide range of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.—
Rob Simmelkjaer,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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Through the two-hour film, Lawrence plays a new mother (Grace) who develops postpartum depression and begins going in and out of psychosis.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Palafox tried again a few days later as her son hid in a backyard shed at home, in psychosis.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Unlike its counterpart, THC, CBD offers no high and no paranoia.—
Valerie Butler,
Essence,
19 May 2025
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Many drinks also include a small amount of CBD to help balance out the high and reduce the chance of anxiety or paranoia.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some of Fey’s signatures, like social neurosis and a respect for sandwiches, are present here, though deployed less for jokes than for realism.—
Margaret Lyons,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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That may sound like a vague virtue, but Dortmund have received a lot of criticism this season — rightly — and that has bred neuroses throughout their team.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 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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Nobody is better at believably playing out this sort of increasing mania than Cage.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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There’s a certain form of mania that’s happened with Ray.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As part of an agreement between defense and prosecuting attorneys, 35-year-old Bryson Levy was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Feb. 4.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the stabbings two years ago that killed David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, as well as the near-fatal attack on Guillory.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
8 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 25 May. 2025.
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