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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
Purdy’s defense attorneys had hoped to call his mother to the witness stand to present evidence of her history of mental illness, drug addiction, schizophrenia and alcohol abuse during her pregnancy with Purdy.
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Someone Loves You This moving short centers on a Jamaican family grappling with schizophrenia and the generational silence surrounding mental health.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 27 June 2025
The Neurologist’s Brother In his autobiography, On the Move, Oliver Sacks, one of the most influential neurologists of the past half century, discusses his brother Michael, who battled schizophrenia throughout his life.
—Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
In another scenario, New Berlin police officers responded to a woman who was loitering and recognized signs of schizophrenia and PTSD.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Someone Loves You This moving short centers on a Jamaican family grappling with schizophrenia and the generational silence surrounding mental health.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 27 June 2025
The Neurologist’s Brother In his autobiography, On the Move, Oliver Sacks, one of the most influential neurologists of the past half century, discusses his brother Michael, who battled schizophrenia throughout his life.
—Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
In another scenario, New Berlin police officers responded to a woman who was loitering and recognized signs of schizophrenia and PTSD.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Globally, over 10 million cases of dementia are diagnosed each year, with Alzheimer’s contributing a large portion of the burden.—
Juergen Eckhardt,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The film is a part of the Mama Joe Project, which is spreading awareness on the challenges that can arise when caring for aging family members, especially when diseases like Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia emerge.—
Zuri Primos
July 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 July 2025
Noun
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In the shadow of Coppola’s collective political fantasy Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 phantasmagoria Apocalypse Now put the concept of social disaster and political psychosis into the mainstream, from the Vietnam War to the Covidapocalypse.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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Another step that could help youth mental health is HB 1594, requiring health insurance plans to provide complete coverage to anyone younger than 26 years old who is experiencing psychosis for the first time.—
Stephen Simpson,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Years later, the child returns, triggering paranoia and violence.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Lyonne, a clear fan of Dutch angles, leans into the paranoia in her direction in these scenes.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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Not only was part two different in the neurosis of a pop singer, but the Melrose lot sold it on scares (in addition to wicked grinning people showing up at major events).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Agnes is socially competent, even charismatic, but beset by neuroses that seem genuinely frustrating to her, not the self-satisfied post-Woody Allen solipsism common to auteurs of this ilk.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 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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That’s a dismal performance for a tech company that ought to be benefiting mightily from the mania around AI.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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Opposite her control, Cynthia makes a solid comic foil with her trademark mania.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Way was nothing short of a force of nature in the role, bringing a mix of mania, terror and insanity to a character that felt straight out of the comic books he’s written.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 July 2025
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Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Pakistan is grappling with economic volatility, regional instability, and fraying alliances.—
Jack Rosen,
New York Daily News,
21 July 2025
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Without firm protections or clarity on future reimbursement, this budget sets up another round of fiscal instability for institutions that cannot afford to operate on hope and verbal commitments.—
Heather Somers,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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