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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
He ultimately was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2026
Orange County gives the association $20,000 a year to pay for prescription drugs for those with more severe conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
His attorney, Keith Halpern, explained that Haney has a history of mental health issues, including schizophrenia.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2026
Orange County gives the association $20,000 a year to pay for prescription drugs for those with more severe conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
His attorney, Keith Halpern, explained that Haney has a history of mental health issues, including schizophrenia.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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New research suggests that several cups of caffeinated coffee or tea may reduce dementia risk.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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Participants in speed training were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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The program model gave priority to keeping people on their medications, many of which are monthly shots to guard against psychosis.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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OpenAI alone admitted that ChatGPT that more than half a million people were having conversations that showed signs of psychosis every week.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And the regime’s deepening paranoia has even turned inward.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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As markets learn to manufacture intelligence, politics modernizes, upgrades paranoia, and tries to get a grip.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 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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The mania for finding FIFA World Cup tickets and accommodations continues.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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The criminal mania of cult leader and prolific psychedelic user Charles Manson, who murdered seven people in 1969, is often cited by researchers as an example of the worst possible outcome of psychedelic use untempered by an ego-deflating ritual process.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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Reiner’s lawyers may plead insanity as part of his defense in connection with a long history of drug use and other mental health disorders.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles entertainment and trial lawyer Tre Lovell tells USA TODAY that Reiner will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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