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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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Gastineau, a colon cancer survivor, said in a 2017 interview that he had been diagnosed with dementia, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 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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Diana, whose religious psychosis worsens throughout the play, is one of the more tragic characters, and Woodley is pitch perfect in a role that requires balancing the comedy with these darker undertones.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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The third doctor suggested that Corcoran be evaluated at a psychiatric facility where experts can observe whether psychosis contributed to his outburst.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 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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After Peyton Manning repeatedly dismissed offers to set him up in any number of NFL booths, the ESPN gang in 2021 hashed out a deal with his Omaha Productions shingle that would spark a mania for alternative telecasts.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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And in this year’s ten episodes, From just kept careening forward, giving its ensemble opportunity after opportunity to play the fear, mania, desperation, loyalty, and love that comes out of surviving horrible things together.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 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 24 Dec. 2024.
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