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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
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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
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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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The New Yorker Lost Patients NPR’s Lost Patients reframes the conversation around mental illness in the United States by centering the voices of those experiencing psychosis and exposing systemic failures in mental health care.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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In truth, Joe himself committed all the murders, with Rhys being a manifestation of his own psychosis.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Lyrically, the songs conjure romantic passion, fame, drugs, and the paranoia all the above can generate.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
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Suddenly, his paranoia, fueled by any number of unsettling urban legends, kicked in.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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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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Marine Serre decorated baggy styles with its signature moon logo, offering a print alternative to logo mania.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
2 May 2025
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Reporter Steven Levy profiled its inventor in his Palo Alto office a decade ago, when AeroPress mania was first reaching fever pitch.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
19 Apr. 2025
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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 today’s hyper-connected world, headline after headline about an economic downturn, rising prices and global instability seeps into the workplace, shaping employee morale, workplace culture and even job performance.—
Gyre Renwick,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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