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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
Those include schizophrenia, anxiety and physical factors such as diabetes and chronic pain.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The report also revealed that Chuter was suffering from schizoaffective disorder, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is marked by a mix of schizophrenia and mood disorder symptoms.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Elisabeth believes a tainted strain of marijuana led to his schizophrenia, saying there is no other genetic history.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
In Monster, Gein’s schizophrenia diagnosis provides an explanation for his crimes.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The report also revealed that Chuter was suffering from schizoaffective disorder, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is marked by a mix of schizophrenia and mood disorder symptoms.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Elisabeth believes a tainted strain of marijuana led to his schizophrenia, saying there is no other genetic history.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
In Monster, Gein’s schizophrenia diagnosis provides an explanation for his crimes.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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The 83-year-old man’s family believes Theo is suffering from the beginning stages of undiagnosed dementia, according to WTVR.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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People between 50 and 60 years old who got six hours of sleep nightly had a higher risk of dementia later in life, while older adults who didn't sleep well at night, but napped often, had a greater risk of dying within the next five years.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lynne Ramsay’s upcoming Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence as a new mother gripped by a postpartum depression that devolves into psychosis, looks set to expand that canon.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, the Oscar winner explained how her role as Grace alongside Pattinson's Jackson came about in the psychological drama, which is an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel about a new mother who develops postpartum depression and enters psychosis.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Amid the paranoia of the Cold War, the eight-episode season (critics received five for review) has many eerie elements, including its parallels to the present day.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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From there, investigators, journalists, and suspects become entangled in a labyrinth of fear, obsession, and paranoia.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ephron gives Rachel, the character modeled after herself, a handful of upper middle-class neuroses and places her in group therapy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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In isolation, the scenario is an archetypal neurosis long familiar to Asian American men, often cast near the bottom of the dating ladder in the United States.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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Students and teachers prepared for the band's arrival with the band's legendary black-and-white face paint, and the city was soon engulfed in rock 'n' roll mania.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Monster, which attempts to absolve itself from feeding into Gein mania by focusing on the other writers and directors inspired by that serial killer, Devil in Disguise doesn’t try to implicate its audience in the sport of watching true crime.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Ed brings great depth and heart to the man in charge of safety for this massive jump, an island of reason in a sea of insanity.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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At trial, Crawford's attorneys acknowledged his guilt to lay the groundwork for an insanity defense, even though that's not how Crawford wanted to handle the case, according to reporting by the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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