How to Use paranoid schizophrenia in a Sentence

paranoid schizophrenia

noun
  • One of his sons turned out to have paranoid schizophrenia; the house, which was not insured, burned down.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • He was found to have paranoid schizophrenia and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital, dying in 2009.
    CBS News, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Reached by phone, Karmali’s former roommate, a 61-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, said he’d been told Karmali died because of the virus.
    Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The allegations against Hoggle, who has received a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia in the past, date back to the fall of 2014.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Crump said that Turner suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and that Delacruz knew about her mental illness.
    Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Christopher Sharikas was 17 years old at the time and had been recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
  • The woman said the man suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and addiction issues.
    cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Evans recommended that Gilbert be screened for paranoid schizophrenia in the months before the incident.
    Sonia Moghe, CNN, 27 June 2019
  • Scott's mother told the Star that her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia but refused to seek treatment for his condition.
    William Cummings, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But the same streets that give Vinnola comfort are also unsafe for a man battling dual demons of drug use and chronic paranoid schizophrenia.
    Kaiser Health News, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • His lawyers said Dixon had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, suffered from hallucinations and was blind and in frail health.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 11 May 2022
  • His mother told them her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had been particularly troubled the past three weeks.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Turner had struggled with paranoid schizophrenia since her diagnosis in 2005 and might have been in crisis the night she was killed, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at the time.
    Peter Martinez, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Turner's family has said the 44-year-old Black woman was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and that Delacruz knew of his neighbor's illness.
    Jake Bleiberg, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Relatives said Gladen was legally blind and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
    oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
  • My mother's mom, my grandmother, lived with paranoid schizophrenia.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • In August, when a teenager suffering an episode of paranoid schizophrenia killed an American tourist in a busy London street, armed police rushed to the scene but not a single bullet was fired.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In addition to diabetes, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and struggled to live a normal life.
    Tim Elfrink, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Kahl told officers he had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was off his medication and high on drugs.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The oldest of five siblings, Neely moved with his family from Florida to Texas City during childhood and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at a young age.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Shortly after Linda’s death, both of Mrs. Pollin’s parents died of heart attacks and her sister was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Atkinson wrote that his brother had felt guilty over the October 2018 death of their mother, who had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and died of complications from Crohn’s disease.
    Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Noemi Garcia said her brother is mentally ill, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia about three years ago.
    Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Five years later, his family released a statement to Geek News Now saying that Lloyd was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
    Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Mae Evelyn Boston, an Oxford woman who had dealt with paranoid schizophrenia for most of her adult life, had a psychotic episode shortly after giving birth.
    Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 27 July 2023
  • Saycon, who the lawsuit asserted was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in his early 20s, did not point the pocket knife at the customer, nor did the customer feel threatened, the court filing alleged.
    Chris Fuchs /, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Dixon's lawyers argued that Bowdoin has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, an argument that spared him from conviction in a 1977 assault case.
    Fox News, 4 May 2022
  • Danner was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and had been hospitalized at least 10 times.
    Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Bloom didn’t learn that her mother had paranoid schizophrenia until her mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
    Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Irene’s sister was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had to be hospitalized.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018

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