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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
His mother worked in a bank before being admitted to a mental institution for schizophrenia when Quincy was 7; his father was a carpenter who played semi-pro baseball.
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Jennifer Frederick, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
His mother worked in a bank before being admitted to a mental institution for schizophrenia when Quincy was just a youngster; his father was a carpenter who played semi-pro baseball.
—Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Behind its glassy doors is something rare: A community run by people with serious mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Around the same time, his son Pablo started to show signs of schizophrenia; Pablo was institutionalized, eventually taking his own life in 1994.
—Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Frederick, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
His mother worked in a bank before being admitted to a mental institution for schizophrenia when Quincy was just a youngster; his father was a carpenter who played semi-pro baseball.
—Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Behind its glassy doors is something rare: A community run by people with serious mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Around the same time, his son Pablo started to show signs of schizophrenia; Pablo was institutionalized, eventually taking his own life in 1994.
—Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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Fannie’s Friends support group: Fannie’s Friends is a virtual support group for adult daughters and granddaughters caring for those living with dementia.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Research has also shown that the drugs may reduce the risk of cognitive decline, like dementia.Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Psychiatric problems — marked anxiety or panic attacks progressing to temporary psychosis and even schizophrenia-like psychotic illness — are presenting more frequently in emergency rooms.Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The burden of justice:Delphi murder case jurors will face unimaginable pressure, life-changing decision Defense attorneys have countered that Allen is an innocent and mentally fragile man whose months-long isolation at Westville drove him to psychosis and to giving false confessions.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Nov. 2024
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It’s laced with the right tenor and amount of paranoia and ends on an unsettling note.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
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This created paranoia and suspicion between incarcerees and authorities, and also among the incarcerees themselves.Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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In a way we are called to do similar work with types, with the objective being to stop pathologizing the ones that might heal us or rescue us from neurosis.Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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His Larson is all limbs, all neurosis, beaming with aggressive affection at the sight of urban beauty and crumpling into self-pitying shame when his ruthless career focus is called out.Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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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
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The mania reached critical mass on Feb. 9 when the Beatles made their hyperbole-proof debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Aron, who has led the company through an epic series of ups and downs through a debt crisis, the catastrophe of Covid, the meme-stock and short-squeeze mania of 2020 and 2021, has largely been viewed as a folk hero.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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The legal team for Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in September, is considering an insanity defense.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s still a bit shy, though, of the insanity that surrounded Stanley cups at their peak.Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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The move has raised alarm during a period of potential instability as Syria navigates its transition away from 53 years of Assad rule.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Geopolitical instability can significantly affect value chains and could jeopardize the viability of key suppliers, many of which are small and mid-sized enterprises in emerging markets, which may have invested less in their resilience.Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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