How to Use schizoaffective in a Sentence

schizoaffective

adjective
  • David Woodside, who has lived with bipolar and schizoaffective disorder his whole life, is getting help this way.
    Lauren Silverman, Kaiser Health News, 13 July 2017
  • The cause is personal for Close as her sister, Jessie, lives with bipolar disorder and her nephew, Calen, lives with schizoaffective disorder.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That's what 37-year-old Dawn Paulson said about having schizoaffective disorder.
    Hillary Gavan, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Jessie's son, Calen Pick, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2001.
    Allie Torgan, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Having watched the effect of schizoaffective disorder on her two sons, Ibarra knows how unpredictable its symptoms are.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • There's nothing there, of course, except the inventions of his dementia and schizoaffective disorder.
    Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Close founded the org in 2010 after her sister, Jessie, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and her nephew, Calen Pick, with schizoaffective disorder.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Tom said he was released after two weeks with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Shi’s lawyers have contended that their client was suffering from a schizoaffective disorder and post traumatic stress brought on by the divorce paperwork.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Carl takes over As Wilson’s schizoaffective disorder gradually consumed his life, his brother Carl stepped in as the band’s de facto leader.
    Morgan Enos, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2020
  • He was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder but refused to take medication, the claim said.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2019
  • The idea for his podcast came after Vargas Arango told his girlfriend, Elizabeth Pella, about his schizoaffective disorder.
    Janet W. Lee, NPR, 2 May 2024
  • Appelhans’ appointment as sheriff came in wake of an outcry in Laramie over a deputy’s 2018 shooting of an unarmed man who had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Her son, who is now 32, was in and out of jail before he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and found a successful medication regimen.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Her middle child, Robbie Ramirez, had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in his early twenties, and, in the years since, Hinkel had come to dedicate much of her time to mental-health advocacy.
    Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021
  • He would later be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and, as his symptoms progressed, Hall worried about Miles’ safety.
    Madeleine Wood, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In 2013, he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, which mirrors the symptoms of schizophrenia but also includes episodes of depression and mania.
    Kyle Eustice, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2023
  • His sister, Jeanne Koetje, was desperately seeking help for the 65-year-old, who had schizoaffective disorder and diabetes.
    Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Their findings showed that 40 percent of the patients diagnosed with psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder preferred to write with their left hand.
    Valeria Merino, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2017
  • For 20 years, my daughter struggled with schizoaffective disorder.
    Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Larson had schizoaffective disorder and had recently been released from the hospital, according to Amy Wright.
    Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Those small issues built into full-on episodes, and he was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2022
  • He had also been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a condition that causes delusions and severe mood swings.
    Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Rob, 25, has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a catch-all term for a brain disease that causes a combination of delusions, paranoia, depression and mania.
    Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Once home, a clinician diagnosed Brian with schizoaffective disorder and determined that the onset of his symptoms reached back to his freshman year but had gone undiagnosed.
    Julia Sclafani, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • McEwen, a day-care teacher, provided in-home care for her mother, who suffered from bipolar schizoaffective disorder and early onset dementia.
    Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Bush, who has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, recently was found competent to stand trial in the state prosecution.
    Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
  • One woman had schizoaffective disorder, PTSD, drug-addiction and a history of assaulting staff.
    Shalini Ramachandran, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • He was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder but refused to take medication, according to a claim the family has filed against the Police Department.
    John King, SFChronicle.com, 17 July 2019
  • Jessie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and Pick was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2001.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021

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