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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
Is There No Place on Earth For Me? — a feature Turturro writes, directs and stars in — looks into the mind of Sylvia Frumkin, a woman trapped in the grips of schizophrenia, as her family struggles to navigate the maze of the mental health system during a blackout in New York.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
This immersive documentary is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of 67-year-old Lloyd, a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had synthetic marijuana in his system during his time of death according to the Associated Press.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Those who live with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often require consistent resources like case management, medication, therapy and housing.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
This immersive documentary is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of 67-year-old Lloyd, a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had synthetic marijuana in his system during his time of death according to the Associated Press.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Those who live with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often require consistent resources like case management, medication, therapy and housing.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
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Shannon Amos was not able to provide documentation of a diagnosis of dementia.—
Elizabeth Maline,
NBC News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Heming Willis, who has become a vocal advocate for the caregiver community since Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, also posted a tribute to Moore on her Instagram stories.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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However, psychosis can also happen much earlier or later.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
16 Jan. 2025
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There are nearly 6 million patients in the U.S. with Alzheimer’s, and around half of them have psychosis, or symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, Elkins said.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Senators’ arguments and demands were a mixture of Cold War paranoia and savvy politics.—
Duncan Money / Made by History,
TIME,
8 Jan. 2025
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Ingestion of synthetic bath salts, also known as Alpha-PVP or cathinone, can lead to bizarre behavior such as paranoia and extreme strength, according to authorities.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
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A touch of neurosis, a lot of laughs and plenty of profound insights could be found at The Hollywood Reporter’s Writer Roundtable, where six scribes who crafted seven of 2024’s top screenplays gathered for a lively conversation in November.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Freud believed complete elimination of neurosis was neither possible nor desirable.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression.—
Michelle Pugle,
Verywell Health,
15 Oct. 2024
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In essays, Goodfellow details antidepressant-induced hypomania.—
Michelle Pugle,
Health,
23 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Must have been like this in Amsterdam during the great tulip mania.—
Andrew Mackie,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Weeks later, more insanity ensued, the 50th home run ball selling for $4.39 million at auction, the highest price ever paid for any ball in any sport.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Germain, who teaches law at Syracuse University in New York, said that, given the weight of evidence, insanity is likely the only defense that will work.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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Social unrest will become more frequent, with mass protests and political instability becoming the norm in affected regions.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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While much of Burton’s work seems immutable, some examples court instability.—
Nancy Princenthal,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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